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- Author's profession: Politician
- Nationality: american
- Born: February 10, 1922
- Died: October 23, 1996
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My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results... but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight.
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