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We say that the truth will make us free. Yes, but that truth is a thousand truths which grow and change.

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
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Change
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