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It Is So Much Easier To Talk Of Poverty Than To Think Of The Poor.
-Walter Lippmann
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It Is So Much Easier To Talk
Walter Lippmann
It Is So Much Easier To Talk Of Poverty Than To Think Of The Poor.
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