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Crime is contagious....if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law.
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
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Drug
Crime
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Democracy
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