“But we have grounds to assume also that the normal proportion of them are subject to that very human weakness, especially displayed in Washington, which leads men to "crook the pregnant hinges of the knee where thrift may follow fawning."”

— Robert H. Jackson

Regarding persons employed by the government. Frazier v. United States, 335 U.S. 497, 515 (1948)
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American judge 1892–1954

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