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Benedict Arnold was a war hero, wounded in battle--before he turned against his country. Hitler was likewise a decorated and wounded veteran of the First World War. Being a war hero is not a lifetime...exempt[ion]...from responsibility for what you do thereafter.

Thomas Sowell

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Thomas Sowell
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 30
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