"Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late."
-Felix Frankfurter
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"The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.“
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"We say no to lots of things that would please us. I would like to punch people every now and then, but I don't. I would like to have something for free rather than pay for it. I would like to skip to the front of the line... I don't mean to brush aside the taste of meat, which is a powerful attraction. But its power is not without limit."
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