Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937) British statesman; prime minister of the United Kingdom
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“As our fathers had freed our trade there was another work to accomplish. This was to free the land from the chains of feudalism, the schools from the dominion of the priest, and the people from the deadly grip of drink.”
Speech in the Plait Hall, Luton (12 October 1904), quoted in The Times (13 October 1904), p. 9
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