"The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing."
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"I have written too much history to have faith in it and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.“
-Henry Adams
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