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You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

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Clarence Darrow
Age: 80 †
Born: 1857
Born: April 18
Died: 1938
Died: March 13
Lawyer
Writer
Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
Liberty
Freedom
Peace
Men
World
Liberties
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