Between a brother and a friend, the choice is clear.

 

Between a brother and a friend, the choice is clear.
--
Mobutu announcing the break in diplomatic relations between Zaire and Israel at the United Nations Security Council, November 4, 1973. Young and Turner, p. 138

 

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