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There's a danger our fiscal bankruptcy might overtake our moral bankruptcy.

Mort Sahl

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Mort Sahl
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: May 11
Actor
Comedian
Journalist
Montreal
Quebec
Morton Lyon Sahl
Bankruptcy
Danger
Moral
Might
Overtake
Fiscal

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