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Revolutions are not made, they come.

Wendell Phillips

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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
Jurist
Lawyer
Politician
Boston
Massachusetts
Come
Made
Revolutions
Rebellious
Revolution

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