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Adlai Stevenson: “Courts of justice, and the law as a distinctive calling, are the necessary outgrowths of civilization.”

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Courts of justice, and the law as a distinctive calling, are the necessary outgrowths of civilization.
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Adlai Stevenson

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Stevenson reflects on the importance of law and justice in society.

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