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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in cases involving not very nice people. - Quote by Felix Frankfurter

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in cases involving not very nice people.

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