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Democracy is held captive, not just by money, but by ideas - the ideas that money buys.

William Greider

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William Greider
Age: 83 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 6
Died: 2019
Died: December 25
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Cincinnati
Ohio
William Harold Greider
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Democracy
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Ideas
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