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Margaret Sanger single-handedly saved countless women's lives by proposing that every child should be a wanted child. Revolutionary, no? She is one of my personal heroes and a great American.
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Honorable mentions in my opinion would go to Ben Franklin, Teddy Roosevelt John Adams, Monroe, Madison, Kennedy, Bill Gates, Henry Ford, Jefferson, Marshall (both of them) etc etc.
Seems like there are too many to count.
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Explain to me how John Edwards, a less than noteworthy one term Senator with a failed presidential/vice presidential bid makes the list. Explain how "Dr." Phil and Brett Favre are among the greatest Americans ever.
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When I start thinking about this sort of thing, I always get all prequel-style Anakin Skywalker on the subject of democracy.
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And then Mel Gibson... apparently AOL Television execs used a time machine to change Gibson's country of birth?
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Einstein is on the list too, so I don't think you have to be born here. I'm pretty sure old Al got citizenship here, and Mel probably has it too.
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