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Thomas Sowell Quotes: If we become a people who are willing to give up our money and our freedom in exchange for rhetoric and promises, then nothing can save us.
         

If we become a people who are willing to give up our money and our freedom in exchange for rhetoric and promises, then nothing can save us.


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