Ray Blanton — American Politician born on April 10, 1930, died on November 22, 1996

Leonard Ray Blanton was an American politician who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1975 to 1979. He also served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1967 to 1973. Though he initiated a number of government reforms and was instrumental in bringing foreign investment to Tennessee, his term as governor was marred by scandal, namely over the selling of pardons and liquor licenses... (wikipedia)

Honesty does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to it.
We will never be authentically angry or authentically fair while we are trying to be both at once.
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