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A nation trying to tax itself to prosperity is rather like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle - Winston Churchill
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On this day:
Henry II Crowned at Westminster Abbey - 1154, Dickens Publishes 'a Christmas Carol' - 1843, BBC World Service Begins - 1932, Penlee Lifeboat Disaster - 1981
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