A Quote by Alvin Adams

Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure.

Alvin Adams

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Alvin Adams
American - Businessman
June 16, 1804 - September 2, 1877

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