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If freedom is to be saved and enlarged, poverty must be ended. There is no other solution.

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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Solutions
Poverty
Freedom
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Enlarged
Ended

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