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Damn it all you can't have the crown of thorns and the thirty pieces of silver.

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
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Crowns
Silver
Thirty
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Pieces
Politics
Political
Thorns

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