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“The lie was that we believed that we believed all people were created equal! What made us think we were this great free society? Those at the top believed it then, and we at the top believe it two hundred years later. That’s the power of myth.” quote by Richard Rohr — Download Open image

““The lie was that we believed that we believed all people were created equal! What made us think we were this great free society? Those at the top believed it then, and we at the top believe it two hundred years later. That’s the power of myth.””

Richard Rohr

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