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There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil.

Walter Lippmann

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Walter Lippmann
Age: 85 †
Born: 1889
Born: September 23
Died: 1974
Died: December 14
Journalist
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Writer
New York City
New York
Devil
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Tell
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