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Bruce Coville Quotes: Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.
         

Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.


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Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.
         



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