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Action comes from keeping the heat on. No politician can sit on a hot issue if you make it hot enough.
Saul Alinsky
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Saul Alinsky
Age: 63 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 30
Died: 1972
Died: June 12
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Saul David Alinsky
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