the wind of change is blowing through this continent

the wind of change is blowing through this continent
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Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) British prime minister in a speech to the South African Parliament, 1960. 'The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.'

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