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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.

Walter Dean Myers

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Walter Dean Myers
Age: 76 †
Born: 1937
Born: August 12
Died: 2014
Died: July 1
Novelist
Writer
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Walter Milton Myers
People
Leaders
Demand
Sacrifice
Citizens
Leader
Hesitant
Asks
Glorify
War
Sacrifices
Young
Justification

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