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All political and religious systems have their root and their strength in the innate conservatism of the human mind, and its intense fear of autonomy.

Suzanne La Follette

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Suzanne La Follette
Age: 89 †
Born: 1893
Born: June 24
Died: 1983
Died: April 23
Art Historian
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New York City
New York
Suzanne Clara La Follette
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