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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.

Larry Flynt

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Larry Flynt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1942
Born: November 1
Died: 2021
Died: February 10
Autobiographer
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Magoffin County
Kentucky
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