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I will listen and I will learn. I will strive to meet people's aspirations. I want to lead a government humble enough to know its place - where I will always strive to be - and that is on people's side.
Gordon Brown
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Gordon Brown
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: February 20
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James Gordon Brown
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