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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone.

William Beveridge

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William Beveridge
Age: 84 †
Born: 1879
Born: March 5
Died: 1963
Died: March 16
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William Henry Beveridge
William Henry Beveridge
1st Baron Beveridge
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