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We shall have lost something vital and beyond price on the day when the state denies us the right to resort to force.

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
Time
Beyond
Shall
State
Denies
Force
Resort
Lost
Resorts
States
Vital
Right
Price
Something
Deny

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