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Accepting Quote by Abe Fortas

“Dissent and dissenters have no monopoly on freedom. They must tolerate opposition. They must accept dissent from their dissent.” quote by Abe Fortas — Download Open image

“Dissent and dissenters have no monopoly on freedom. They must tolerate opposition. They must accept dissent from their dissent.”

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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire.

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