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“This is the criminal left that belongs not in a dormitory, but in a penitentiary. The criminal left is not a problem to be solved by the Department of Philosophy or the Department of English - it is a problem for the Department of Justice. Black or white, the criminal left is interested in power. It is not interested in promoting the renewal and reforms that make democracy work; it is interested in promoting those collisions and conflict that tear democracy apart.”

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Spiro T. Agnew
Spiro T. Agnew

Spiro T. Agnew was a former Vice President of the United States. He was born on November 9, 1918, and died on September 17, 1996. Agnew's political career was marked by his resignation due to corruption, making him the first Vice President in U.S. history to resign over a scandal. more

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