"As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth."

Man, Men, Power, Truth, Myth

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"As for the men in power, they are so anxious to establish the myth of infallibility that they do their utmost to ignore truth."

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