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An Unreasonable Man (2006)

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Posted by Films For Action on Aug. 2, 2012
122 min - Documentary - 3546 Views

An Unreasonable Man traces the life and career of political activist Ralph Nader, the founder of modern consumer protection in America and frequent presidential candidate.

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
-George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman (1903)
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