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A free press is one that prints a dictator's speech but doesn't have to.
Laurence J. Peter
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Laurence J. Peter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 16
Died: 1990
Died: January 12
Psychologist
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Laurence Johnston Peter
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When a person puts his best foot forward and gets it stepped on, that's life.
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