It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives. - Dorothy Thompson

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It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives.

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About Dorothy Thompson

Dorothy Celene Thompson (July 9, 1893 – January 30, 1961) was an American journalist.

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Alternative Names: Dorothy Celene Thompson Thompson, Dorothy D. Thompson
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