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If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

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The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

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Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.

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We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

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If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.

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What is Americanization? It manifests itself, in a superficial way, when the immigrant adopts the clothes, the manners and the customs generally prevailing here. Far more important is the manifestation presented when he substitutes for his mother tongue the English language as the common medium of speech.

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Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.

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What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty; and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice.

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America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.

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Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Judge

Born: November 13th, 1856

Died: October 3rd, 1941

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