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On the recordJune 30, 2010
It's not the critic who counts. The credit belongs to the one who is actually in the arena.
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Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Klobuchar paraphrases Roosevelt to commend Kagan's active role in law.

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