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Daniel Patrick Moynihan Quotes: When a person goes to a country and finds their newspapers filled with nothing but good news, he can bet there are good men in jail.
         

When a person goes to a country and finds their newspapers filled with nothing but good news, he can bet there are good men in jail.


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