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If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

Louis D. Brandeis

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Louis D. Brandeis
Age: 84 †
Born: 1856
Born: November 13
Died: 1941
Died: October 5
Judge
Lawyer
Louisville
Kentucky
Louis Dembitz Brandeis
Law
Desire
Firsts
First
Disobedience
Must
Respectable
Make
Lawyer
Respect
Politics

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