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It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
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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To be good Americans, we must be better Jews, and to be better Jews, we must become Zionists.
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