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Experience suggests that the first rule of politics is never to say never. The ingenious human capacity for maneuver and compromise may make acceptable tomorrow what seems outrageous or impossible today.

William V. Shannon

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William V. Shannon
Age: 61 †
Born: 1927
Born: August 24
Died: 1988
Died: September 27
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Newspaper Editor
Worcester
Massachusetts
William Vincent Shannon
Today
Compromise
May
Rule
Firsts
Capacity
Human
Tomorrow
Maneuver
Humans
Impossible
Ingenious
First
Politics
Suggests
Make
Experience
Outrageous
Never
Seems
Acceptable

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