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It is simply that America is very rich and very powerful and generally speaking everybody hates the rich and the powerful.

Malcolm Muggeridge

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Malcolm Muggeridge
Age: 87 †
Born: 1903
Born: March 24
Died: 1990
Died: November 14
Autobiographer
Editor
Journalist
Writer
London
England
Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge
Everybody
Rich
Powerful
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