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“Law matters, because it keeps us safe, because it protects our most fundamental rights and freedoms, and because it is the foundation of our democracy.”

Quote by Elena Kagan

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Elena Kagan is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, born on April 28, 1960. She has made significant contributions to the fields of legal education, academic research, and judicial practice, serving as the Dean of Columbia Law School and as the White House Counsel under the Obama administration. more

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“In our own times, a coherent socialist movement is nowhere to be found in the United States. Americans are more likely to speak of a golden past than of a golden future, of capitalism's glories than of socialism's greatness.”

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“If there is an ‘overabundance’ of an idea in the absence of direct governmental action - which there well might be when compared with some ideal state of public debate - then action disfavoring that idea might ‘un-skew,’ rather than skew, public discourse.”

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“Grace. Loss. Fortune. Hardship. Victory. Sometimes the worst seat is best seat in the house and it comes as a result of leading.”

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“To show a well-founded fear of persecution, an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or she will be persecuted in his or her home country.”

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