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title: "2 Keith Thompson Quotes"
description: "Harold Keith Thompson was a New York City-based corporate executive, a Nazi agent, and a figure within American far-right and fascist circles."
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# Keith Thompson

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Harold Keith Thompson was a New York City-based corporate executive, a Nazi agent, and a figure within American far-right and fascist circles.

##  Quotes by Keith Thompson

> [“History has a cruel way of disappointing optimists.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-thompson/history-has-a-cruel-way-of-disappointing-optimists/)

[Keith Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-thompson/)

[Cruel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cruel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/746/keith-thompson-107141_cruel_history-has-a-cruel-way-of-disappointing_10256.jpg)

> [“You can fool some of the people all the time, and all the people some of the time . . . and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-thompson/you-can-fool-some-of-the-people-all-the-time-and-all-the-people-some/)

[Keith Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-thompson/)

[Fool](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fool/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/keith-thompson-107141_fool_you-can-fool-some-of-the-people-all-the_406209.jpg)

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