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To me, failure is not fatal unless you quit; getting knocked down is not embarrassing unless you allow it to keep you down.

— John Ashcroft Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice (2006)

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It is not enough that we have a guilty defendant. We must have an innocent system as well.

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