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History teaches us that there have been but few infringements of personal liberty by the state which have not been justified, as they are here, in the name of righteousness and the public good, and few which have not been directed, as they are now, at politically helpless minorities.

— Harlan F. Stone

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There is grim irony in speaking of the freedom of contract of those who, because of their economic necessities, give their service for less than is needful to keep body and soul together.

Words, especially those of a constitution, are not to be read with such stultifying narrowness.

The amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered.

Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.

Distinctions between citizens solely because of their ancestry are by their very nature odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality.

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