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No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture but modern history is not a very satisfactory side-arm in political polemics it grows less and less so.
Learned Hand
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Learned Hand
Age: 89 †
Born: 1872
Born: January 27
Died: 1961
Died: August 18
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A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is the possession of only a savage few.
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Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us.
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No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes the scripture.
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Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.
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