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America's corporations are a spiritual slum, and their arrogance is the major threat to our future as a free society.

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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