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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
Trusted
Human
Absolutes
Humans
Absolute
Giving
Experience
Even
Shows
Think
Part
Thinking
Power
Give

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