Because Quote by Alice Dreger

“Fact-checking doesn't exist primarily because some of us are liars and cheats. It exists because writers will be writers, much as they may mean to be historians.”

Alice Dreger

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Because Cheats Exist Exists Historians History Liars Liars And Cheats May Mean Much Primarily Some Us Will Writers Writing

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