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Congressmen are not evil people, they're mostly sort of seismographs with antennae they're waiting - they're more worried about losing their jobs than Assistant Deans of Men in the Ivy League.

Allard K. Lowenstein

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Allard K. Lowenstein
Age: 51 †
Born: 1929
Born: January 16
Died: 1980
Died: March 14
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The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
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