To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.
No feature of the Obama presidency has been sadder than its constant efforts to divide us, to curry favor with some Americans by castigating others.
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Peter Jennings, Journalist (1938) |
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