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Power just goes to two poles — to those who've got money, and those who've got people.

Saul Alinsky

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Saul Alinsky
Age: 63 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 30
Died: 1972
Died: June 12
Activist
Human Rights Activist
Sociologist
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Chicago
Illinois
Saul David Alinsky
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