“My goal in life is to make people think. If I do that, I've been a success.”

— Charles A. Reich

As quoted in "'Greening of America' author to present lecture series" in the Yale Bulletin & Calendar, Vol. 29, No. 4 (29 September 2000) http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v29.n4/story3.html

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American lawyer 1928–2019

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