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Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born.

Aneurin Bevan

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Aneurin Bevan
Age: 62 †
Born: 1897
Born: November 15
Died: 1960
Died: July 6
Politician
Secretary Of State For Health
Trade Unionist
Nye Bevan
Fascists
Fascism
Politics
Society
Future
Born
Political
Order
Refusing

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