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I believe that in time we will have reached the point where we will deserve to be free of government.

Jorge Luis Borges

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Jorge Luis Borges
Age: 86 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 24
Died: 1986
Died: March 26
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Chorche Louis Borches
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