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It was so quiet that morning in Paris that the heels of my two companions and myself were loud on the deserted pavements. It was a city of shuttered shops, and barred windows, and deserted avenues.
As I understand I took most so-called democratic states about 200 years on average to build their democracies. That is why, when we go to sleep under totalitarian rule and wake up in a democracy, it makes me laugh.
| Diane Abbott, Politician (1953) |
| Samuel Adams, Revolutionary (1722) |
| Henri Frederic Amiel, Philosopher (1821) |
| Randy Bachman, Musician (1943) |
| Ed Case, Politician (1952) |
| Shaun Cassidy, Musician (1958) |
| Grazia Deledda, Writer (1871) |
| Albert Ellis, Psychologist (1913) |
| William Empson, Poet (1906) |
| Sam Ervin, Politician (1896) |
| Peter Dawson, Musician (1961) |
| Edgar Degas, Artist (1917) |
| Gerald Finzi, Composer (1956) |


