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No matter what system you live under, there is no escaping the law that it's always the strongest, the cruellest, the least generous who win.

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Oriana Fallaci
Age: 77 †
Born: 1929
Born: June 29
Died: 2006
Died: September 15
Conspiracy Theorist
Journalist
Politician
War Correspondent
Writer
Florence
Tuscany
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Always
Strongest
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Winning

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