Lists of United States Supreme Court Cases

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“Behold the Atom—I preferred—
To all the lists of Clay!”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

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To all the lists of Clay!”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

“In a moment when criticism shows a singular dearth of direction every man has to be a law unto himself in matters of theatre, writing, and painting. While the American Mercury and the new Ford continue to spread a thin varnish of Ritz over the whole United States there is a certain virtue in being unfashionable.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)

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—John Bright (1811–1889)

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To be a courtier, and looks grave enough
To seem a statesman.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)