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The law is not a series of calculating machines where answers come tumbling out when the right levers are pushed.
William O. Douglas
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William O. Douglas
Age: 81 †
Born: 1898
Born: October 16
Died: 1980
Died: January 19
Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
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William Orville Douglas
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Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man's other inventions.
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