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It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

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Will Durant
Age: 96 †
Born: 1885
Born: November 5
Died: 1981
Died: November 7
Historian
Philosopher
Writer
North Adams
Massachusetts
William James Will Durant
William James Durant
Enough
Libertarian
Time
Rule
People
Large
Fool
Liberty
True
May
Country

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