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Any school for free citizens must begin by teaching distrust, not trust. It must teach questioning, not acceptance of stock answers.

Brian Herbert

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Brian Herbert
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: June 29
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Seattle
Washington
Brian Patrick Herbert
Teaching
Trust
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Distrust
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Questioning
Free
Stock
School
Acceptance
Must
Begin
Citizens

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