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Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.

Taylor Caldwell

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Taylor Caldwell
Age: 84 †
Born: 1900
Born: September 7
Died: 1985
Died: August 30
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Manchester
England
Marcus Holland
Max Reiner
Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell
Janet Miriam Reback
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Citizens
Virtue
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