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“Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go.”

Quote by Hugh Gaitskell

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British politician born on April 9, 1906 and died on January 18, 1963. He served as the leader of the Labour Party and the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1959. more

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