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America is a passionate idea or it is nothing. America is a human brotherhood or it is chaos.

Max Lerner

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Max Lerner
Age: 89 †
Born: 1902
Born: December 20
Died: 1992
Died: June 5
Journalist
Writer
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Humans
Patriotic
Nothing
Patriotism
Chaos
Passionate
Idea
America
Ideas
Patriot
Human
Brotherhood

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