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The taste of democracy becomes a bitter taste when the fullness of democracy is denied.

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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Democracy
Fullness
Denied
Bitter
Taste

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