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More important than anything else is for Americans to wise up to class warfare demagoguery and reject the politics of envy.

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
Radio Personality
University Teacher
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Walter Williams
Walter Edward Williams
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Envy
Americans
Wise
Class
Politics
Demagoguery
Else
Reject
Anything
Warfare

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