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Equal Justice Under The Law. That is a great goal. But that goal has not been realized.

Arthur Goldberg

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Arthur Goldberg
Age: 81 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 8
Died: 1990
Died: January 18
Diplomat
Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Judge
Lawyer
Politician
Chicago
Illinois
Arthur J. Goldberg
Arthur Joseph Goldberg
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America is not fighting to win a war. We are fighting to give an application to an old Greek proverb, which is that the purpose of war is not to annihilate an enemy but to get him to mend his ways. And we are confident we can get the enemy to mend his.
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