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"In one way or another, this is the oldest story in America: the struggle to determine whether "we, the people" is a spiritual idea embedded in a political reality - one nation, indivisible - or merely a charade masquerading as piety and manipulated by the powerful and privileged to sustain their own way of life at the expense of others."

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No wonder scoundrels find refuge in patriotism; it offers them immunity from criticism.

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An unconscious people, an indoctrinated people, a people fed only partisan information and opinion that confirm their own bias, a people made morbidly obese in mind and spirit by the junk food of propaganda is less inclined to put up a fight, ask questions and be skeptical. And just as a democracy can die of too many lies, that kind of orthodoxy can kill us, too.

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One of my mentors told me that news is what people want to keep hidden; everything else is publicity.

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Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers

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Born: June 5, 1934

Died: June 26, 2025 (aged 91)

Bio: Billy Don "Bill" Moyers was an American journalist and political commentator. He served as White House Press Secretary in the Johnson administration from 1965 to 1967. He also worked as a network TV news commentator for ten years.

Known for:

Transformations of Myth Through Time (1988)
Moyers on Democracy (2004)
The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets (1995)
Genesis: A Living Conversation (1996)

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