What I used to say to people, when I was much more engag myself, is that you can't be apolitical. It will come and get you. It's not that you shouldn't be neutral. It's that you won't be able to stay neutral.
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- Nationality: american
- Born: April 13, 1949
- Died: December 15, 2011
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