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" It seemed to me that I had barely reached the Court when people were trying to get me off. "
William O. Douglas
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" The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions. "
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