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We have to call it freedom: who'd want to die for a lesser tyranny
Mignon McLaughlin
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Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
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the United States of America
Freedom
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Tyranny
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