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Albert Beveridge: Better to meet the issue now, come what might, than to evade it.

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Better to meet the issue now, come what might, than to evade it.
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Albert Beveridge
Republican · Indiana

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This quote emphasizes the importance of confronting challenges head-on rather than avoiding them.

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