It took a deadly illness to put me eye to eye with that truth, but it is a truth that the country, caught up in its ruthless ambitions and moral decay, can learn on my dime.
Lee AtwaterAbout author
- Author's profession: Politician
- Nationality: american
- Born: February 27, 1951
- Died: March 29, 1991
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