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It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

Felix Frankfurter

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Felix Frankfurter
Age: 82 †
Born: 1882
Born: November 15
Died: 1965
Died: February 22
Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
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Vienna
Austria
Inequality
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Greater
Men

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