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Tom C. Clark

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Thomas Campbell Clark was an American lawyer who served as the 59th United States attorney general from 1945 to 1949 and as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1949 to 1967.

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Notable works: Bar involvement in implementation of the ABA standards for criminal justice

About Tom C. Clark

Thomas Campbell Clark was an American lawyer who served as the 59th United States attorney general from 1945 to 1949 and as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1949 to 1967.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Tom C. Clark

A defendant on trial for a specific crime is entitled to his day in court, not in a stadium or a city…

Arena

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The heightened public clamor resulting from radio and television coverage will inevitably result in prejudice. Trial by television is, therefore, foreign to…

Clamor

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Our forefathers had civilization inside themselves, the wild outside. We live in the civilization they created, but within us the wilderness still…

Civilization

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Nothing can destroy a government more quickly than its failure to observe its own laws, or worse, its disregard of the charter…

Charter

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From the standpoint of freedom of speech and the press, it is enough to point out that the state has no legitimate…

Business

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In the relationship between man and religion, the state is firmly committed to a position of neutrality.

Committed

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The Founding Fathers believed devoutly that there was a God and that the unalienable rights of man were rooted - not in…

Father

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