Ben Dreyfuss Quotes

The story of America is necessarily one of progress because if it's not than it's a stale story where we have not risen above Klansmen.

Ben Dreyfuss

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• The story of America is necessarily one of progress because if it's not than it's a stale story where we have not risen above Klansmen.

  

  Ben Dreyfuss
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  • Risen
  • Story Of America