He who must search a haystack for a needle is likely to end up with the attitude that the needle is not worth the search.
Robert H. Jackson Quotes
It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.
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| Birth: | 13th February, 1892 |
| Death: | 9th October, 1954 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Attorney |
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Robert Houghwout Jackson was United States Attorney General and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also the chief United States prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials.
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