Learned Hand, testimony before the United States Congress, Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, hearing on the Establishment of a Commission on Ethics in Government (1951)
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We believe, and I think properly, that when the men who met in 1787 to make our Constitution they made the best political document ever made; but, remember, they did so very largely because they were great compromisers.
— Learned Hand on United States Constitution
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Billings Learned Hand (27 January 1872 – 18 August 1961), usually called simply Learned Hand,
About Learned Hand
Billings Learned Hand (27 January 1872 – 18 August 1961), usually called simply Learned Hand,
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