In a sane, civil, intelligent and moral society, you don't blame poor people for being poor.

Andrew Young
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  1. Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it. -Andrew Young, author, civil rights activist, US congressman, mayor, and UN ambassador (b. 1932)

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