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Those who would give up their civil liberties for security deserve neither.
Larry Flynt
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Larry Flynt
Age: 78 †
Born: 1942
Born: November 1
Died: 2021
Died: February 10
Autobiographer
Entrepreneur
Journalist
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Magoffin County
Kentucky
Larry Claxton Flynt
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