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People, if given the choice between anarchy and dictatorship, will always choose dictatorship because anarchy is the worst dictatorship of all.
Eric Sevareid
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Eric Sevareid
Age: 79 †
Born: 1912
Born: November 26
Died: 1992
Died: July 9
Journalist
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War Correspondent
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