German Civil Law

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    “Some of us prefer Austrian voices risen in song to ugly German threats.”
    —Ernest Lehman (b. 1920)

    “... two great areas of deafness existed in the South: White Southerners had no ears to hear that which threatened their Dream. And colored Southerners had none to hear that which could reduce their anger.”
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    “Like other high subjects, the Law gives no ground to common sense.”
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