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Tolerance is the assumption of superiority

Wendell Willkie

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Wendell Willkie
Age: 52 †
Born: 1892
Born: February 18
Died: 1944
Died: October 8
Businessperson
Lawyer
Politician
Writer
Elwood
Indiana
Wendell Lewis Willkie
Lewis Wendell Willkie
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Tolerance
Superiority

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