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I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world's wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical, so distressed, so angry, so ticked of about so many things.

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William Bennett
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 3
Former United States Secretary Of Education
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