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Too much of anything, even a good thing, may prove to be our undoing...[We] need ...to set definite boundaries on our appetites.

William Bennett

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William Bennett
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 3
Former United States Secretary Of Education
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Brooklyn
New York
William John Bennett
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America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.
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The President is the symbol of who the people of the United States are. He is the person who stands for us in the eyes of the world and the eyes of our children.
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