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Preaching doom and gloom has been beneficial to the political class. They use it to gain more power and control.
Walter E. Williams
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Walter E. Williams
Age: 84 †
Born: 1936
Born: March 31
Died: 2020
Died: December 1
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Walter Williams
Walter Edward Williams
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If we buy into the notion that somehow property rights are less important, or are in conflict with, human or civil rights, we give the socialists a freer hand to attack our property.
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