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Saul Alinsky Quotes: There can be no darker or more devastating tragedy than the death of man's faith in himself and in his power to direct his future.
         

There can be no darker or more devastating tragedy than the death of man's faith in himself and in his power to direct his future.


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There can be no darker or more devastating tragedy than the death of man's faith in himself and in his power to direct his future.
         



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