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It is one of the deepest wounds that I have had as an American and a…
Quote byWilliam Howard Taft · 1857–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Architect of Our Divided Supreme Court By Jill Lepore January 22, 2024 Taft wrote this in 1916, expressing his opposition to Louis Brandeis being nominated to the Supreme Court..
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It is one of the deepest wounds that I have had as an American and a lover of the Constitution and a believer in progressive conservatism, that such a man as Brandeis could be put on the Court.
— William Howard Taft
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