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We ask the great masses of India to be patient a short time longer, while the cause of freedom is being fought out, not because we want to delay, but because the hard facts of war make a complete change impossible at the moment.
Stafford Cripps
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We ask the great masses of India to be patient a short time longer, while the cause of freedom is being fought out, not because we want to delay, but because the hard facts of war make a complete change impossible at the moment. — Stafford Cripps

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Stafford Cripps was a Politician from United Kingdom (1889–1952).

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Who said "We ask the great masses of India to be patient a short time longer, while the c…"?
This quote is attributed to Stafford Cripps, a Politician from United Kingdom.
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Stafford Cripps lived from 1889 – 1952.
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