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The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government more than the government serves them.

Gerry Spence

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Gerry Spence
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: January 8
Lawyer
Laramie
Wyoming
Gerald Leonard Spence
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Without argument the species would parish.
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The gift of self cannot be given to us. It is an incomparable gift that has already been given. We have possessed it from the beginning.
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