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Contrary to what people say, my wife never turned me away from the presidency. She told me to reflect on it and do what I wanted.

Jacques Delors

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Jacques Delors
Age: 99
Born: 1925
Born: July 20
Economist
Politician
Trade Unionist
Paris
France
Jacques Lucien Jean Delors
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