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The American's conviction that he must be able to look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell is the very essence of the free man's way of life.

Walter Lippmann

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