Robert H. Jackson (1892–1954) American judge
Brown v. Allen, 344 U.S. 443, 537 (1953) (concurring)
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“Like playing handball against a haystack.”
Joe Higgins on badgering Bertie Ahern in the Dáil. Irish Independent http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/in-berties-last-chance-saloon-cowen-moves-at-his-own-pace-1301140.html
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