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I think all of our human Experience shows that no one with absolute power can be trusted to give it up even in part

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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
Humans
Absolutes
Giving
Absolute
Even
Experience
Think
Shows
Thinking
Part
Power
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