Were we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld - Quotesmemo.com

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There was the situation in Nicaragua where the Sandinistas had taken over a couple of years earlier. There was a civil war going on in El Salvador and there was a similar situation in Guatemala. So Honduras was in a rather precarious geographic position indeed.

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Were we perfectly acquainted with the object, we should never passionately desire it.

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