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I think most people would like that: probably comes in about ninety percent. They see their public works crumbling, services inadequate, they have libraries and schools and bridges and highways that have not been repaired.

Ralph Nader

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Ralph Nader
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: February 27
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