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Government is the name we give to the things we choose to do together.

Deval Patrick

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Deval Patrick
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 31
Governor Of Massachusetts
Lawyer
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Chicago
Illinois
Deval Laurdine Patrick
Deval L. Patrick
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