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Clinton, Kennedy, they all carried out mass murder, but they didn't think that that was what they were doing - nor does Bush. You know, they were defending justice and democracy from greater evils.
Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky
Age: 95
Born: 1928
Born: December 7
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