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The suppression of civil liberties is too many less a matter for horror than the curtailment of the freedom to profit.

Marya Mannes

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Marya Mannes
Age: 85 †
Born: 1904
Born: November 14
Died: 1990
Died: September 13
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Journalist
Freedom
Curtailment
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Money
Liberties
Matter
Civil
Many
Profit
Horror
Wealth
Liberty

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