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One of the world's greatest jurists, Judge Learned Hand (Billings Learned Hand 1872 – 1961) said, "That the spirit of liberty that imbues our Constitution must lie first and foremost in the hearts of the men and women who compose this great nation... a community where the least shall be heard and considered side by side with the greatest." === I ask no favor for my sex, all I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks. (quoting Sarah Grimké) === When I went to college... there was a big Red Scare in our country. Some people in our Congress saw a Communist in every closet and in every corner. But it impressed me, that there were lawyers reminding our Congress that we have freedom of speech and of the press. So I thought that that was a pretty good thing to do... to help keep our country in tune with its most basic values.