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Democracy Quote by Edwin Land

“I submit to you that when in each man the dream of personal greatness dies, democracy loses the real source of its future strength.” quote by Edwin Land — Download Open image

“I submit to you that when in each man the dream of personal greatness dies, democracy loses the real source of its future strength.”

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