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If the Constitution framers would come back today, they would have contempt for most of us.

Walter E. Williams

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Walter E. Williams
Age: 84 †
Born: 1936
Born: March 31
Died: 2020
Died: December 1
Columnist
Economist
Journalist
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University Teacher
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Walter Williams
Walter Edward Williams
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