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Loss of freedom seldom happens overnight. Oppression doesn't stand on the doorstep with toothbrush moustache and swastika armband – it creeps up insidiously... step by step, and all of a sudden the unfortunate citizen realizes that it is gone.

Geoffrey Lane, Baron Lane

Geoffrey Lane, Baron Lane

Geoffrey Lane, Baron Lane

Born: July 17, 1918

Died: August 22, 2005 (aged 87)

Bio: Geoffrey Dawson Lane, Baron Lane was a British Judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England from 1980 to 1992. The later part of his term was marred by a succession of disputed convictions.

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