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As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy.
Will Durant
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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
Anarchy
Complete
Soon
Liberty
Dies
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Art lies in conceiving and designing, not in the actual execution' - this was left for lesser minds.
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