Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life.
Saul AlinskyAbout author
- Author's profession: Activist
- Nationality: american
- Born: January 30, 1909
- Died: June 12, 1972
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