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# Thurston Clarke

(1946)   Journalist

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Thurston Clarke is a journalist.

## Quick Facts About Thurston Clarke

Born March 11, 1946

Profession Journalist

## About Thurston Clarke

American historian, author, journalist... \| Thurston Clarke is an American historian, author and journalist.

##  Quotes by Thurston Clarke

> [A deep, black grief gripped Robert Kennedy in the months following his brother's assassination. He lost weight, fell into melancholy silences, wore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-clarke/a-deep-black-grief-gripped-robert-kennedy-in-the-months-following-his/)

Thurston Clarke

[Assassination](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assassination/)

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> [“If we believe men have any personal rights at all, then they must have an absolute moral right to such a measure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-clarke/if-we-believe-men-have-any-personal-rights-at-all-then-they-must-have/)

Thurston Clarke

[Good health](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-health/)

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> [“He had used it as the epigram to his 1967 book 'To Seek a Newer World,' and it expressed two pillars of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-clarke/he-had-used-it-as-the-epigram-to-his-1967-book-to-seek-a-newer-world/)

Thurston Clarke

[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [In 1968, America was a wounded nation. The wounds were moral ones; the Vietnam War and three summers of inner-city riots had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thurston-clarke/in-1968-america-was-a-wounded-nation-the-wounds-were-moral-ones-the/)

Thurston Clarke

[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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