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Barbara W. Tuchman, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam Quotes: Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government.
         

Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government.


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He was always acting, always enveloping himself in artificiality, perhaps to conceal the volcano within.



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