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Ideals survive through change. They die through inertia in the face of challenge.

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Tony Blair
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 6
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Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
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Rt. Hon. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
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