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America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least,
Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.
| Neil Abercrombie, Politician (1938) |
| Georgie Fame, Musician (1943) |
| Warren Farrell, Writer (1943) |
| Milton Glaser, Designer (1929) |
| Chris Isaak, Musician (1956) |
| Derek Jeter, Athlete (1974) |
| Lord Kelvin, Scientist (1824) |
| Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Businessman (1963) |
| John Langdon, Politician (1741) |
| Greg LeMond, Athlete (1961) |
| Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Theologian (1988) |
| Simon Cameron, Politician (1889) |
| Roy Campanella, Athlete (1993) |
| Nora Ephron, Author (2012) |
| James Weldon Johnson, Poet (1938) |
| Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Musician (1997) |
| Karl Landsteiner, Scientist (1943) |


