"I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way.“


-Judy Collins

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I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way.

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