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Gods and politics are the tools with which the godless and unprincipled manipulate the gullible.

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Janet Morris
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 25
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Janet Ellen Morris
Janet E. Morris
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Worship
Politics
Unprincipled
Belief
Godless
Gullible
Manipulate
Gods
Morality

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