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“The first lesson, simple as it is, is that whatever court we're in, whatever we are doing, at the end of our task some human being is going to be affected. Some human life is going to be changed by what we do. And so we had better use every power of our minds and our hearts and our beings to get those rulings right.”

Quote by David Souter

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David Souter
David Souter

David Souter, a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was born on September 17, 1939. He is highly respected in the legal community for his strict judicial style and profound legal knowledge. more

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