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So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what can be exploited for a private interest.

Neil Abercrombie

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Neil Abercrombie
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: June 26
Former U.S. Representative
Politician
Sociologist
Teacher
Buffalo
New York
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