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What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a sense of identity and purpose, not rarefied advice of political scientists.

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Paul Wellstone
Age: 58 †
Born: 1944
Born: July 21
Died: 2002
Died: October 25
Former United States Senator
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Paul David Wellstone
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