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America is not an idea or a collection of documents, but neither is it a closed ethnolinguistic set. It is a nation in which relations among the people and between the individual and the state are defined by the terms of citizenship.

— Kevin D. Williamson

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "America is not an idea or a collection of documents, but neither is it a closed ethnolinguistic set. It is a nation in which relations among the people and between the individual and the state are defined by the terms of citizenship." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Kevin D. Williamson

About Kevin D. Williamson

Kevin Daniel Williamson (born 18 September 1972) is an American conservative political commentator. He is the roving correspondent for National Review.