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I remember thinking that walking on the beach as a free man is pretty desirable.

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Pierre Trudeau
Age: 80 †
Born: 1919
Born: October 18
Died: 2000
Died: September 28
Diarist
Former Prime Minister Of Canada
Journalist
Judge
Lawyer
Memoirist
Politician
Montreal
Quebec
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau
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The next time you see Jesus Christ, ask Him what happened to the just society He promised 2,000 years ago.
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In academic life you seek to state absolute truths in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you.
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