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Politicians get their power too late, and I think that he has inherited an impossible situation in which he is ill-equipped to deal.

Malcolm Muggeridge

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Malcolm Muggeridge
Age: 87 †
Born: 1903
Born: March 24
Died: 1990
Died: November 14
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