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While the right to talk may be the beginning of freedom, the necessity of listening is what makes that right important.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
Journalist
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
Beginning
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Talk
Freedom
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Necessity

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