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The tragedy of all political action is that some problems have no solution none of the alternatives are intellectually consistent or morally uncompromising and whatever decision is taken will harm somebody.
James Joll
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James Joll
Age: 76 †
Born: 1918
Born: June 21
Died: 1994
Died: July 12
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Bristol
Gloucestershire
James Bysse Joll
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