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Observe that anyone who dies for his country is a fortunate man, but death takes what it wants, indiscriminately, in peace-time as well as in war. It is better to die with freedom than without it.

Haile Selassie

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Haile Selassie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1892
Born: July 23
Died: 1975
Died: August 26
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Haile Selassie
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