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In Germany democracy died by the headman's axe. In Britain it can be by pernicious anaemia.

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
Died
Democracy
Pernicious
Insulting
Britain
Germany
England

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