America undermines its own ideals when it ignores the very values it is promoting around the world. You … - Aasif Mandvi

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I got my first laugh when my mother entered me in a baby contest.

Aasif Mandvi

America undermines its own ideals when it ignores the very values it is promoting around the world. You cannot ask other people in the world to follow the law and act responsibly if we don't do the same. . . and being afraid is not an excuse.

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