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Robert Higgs

"Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war."

Robert Higgs, American Economist
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"Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war."

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