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The notion dies hard that in some sort of way exports are patriotic but imports are immoral.
David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech
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David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech
Age: 66 †
Born: 1918
Born: May 20
Died: 1985
Died: January 26
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William David Ormsby-Gore
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