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I worry very much about kids growing up in a society where they think: I'm not going to talk about this issue, read this book or explore this idea because someone may think I'm a terrorist. That's not the kind of free society I want for our children.

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Bernie Sanders
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: September 8
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