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When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
Age: 62 †
Born: 1874
Born: May 29
Died: 1936
Died: June 14
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