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The fact throughout history is that whenever government dominates the economic affairs of its citizenry, a free society is eroded, then destroyed, and a minority government ensues. Personal liberty without economic liberty is an absolute contradiction the one cannot exist without the other.

William E. Simon

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William E. Simon
Age: 72 †
Born: 1927
Born: November 27
Died: 2000
Died: June 3
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Former United States Secretary Of The Treasury
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Paterson
New Jersey
William Edward Simon
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