The silent colossal National Lie that is the support and confederate o…

Mark Twain
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The silent colossal National Lie that is the support and confederate of all the tyrannies and shams and inequalities and unfairnesses that afflict the peoples — that is the one to throw bricks and sermons at. ✨ Mark Twain (2000). The Jumping Frog: And 18 Other Stories, p.101, Book Tree
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The silent colossal National Lie that is the support and confederate of all the tyrannies and shams and inequalities and unfairnesses that afflict the peoples — that is the one to throw bricks and sermons at. ✨ Mark Twain (2000). The Jumping Frog: And 18 Other Stories, p.101, Book Tree

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