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Chris Christie

I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than t

Chris Christie

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Chris Christie is saying that people today are stuck because they want to be liked so much that it stops them from taking strong actions. He points out that the founders understood that popularity would fade, so they built the country on deeper, more lasting values instead of just trying to be accepted.

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