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He [Winston Churchill] is a man suffering from petrified adolescence.

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
Suffering
Political
Men
Petrified
Winston
Churchill
Adolescence
Politics

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