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Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

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Graham Greene
Age: 86 †
Born: 1904
Born: October 2
Died: 1991
Died: April 3
Autobiographer
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Henry Graham Greene
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