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“For twelve honest men have decided the cause, Who are judges alike of the facts and the laws.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Honest Jury.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 75663f31d2d6c07e6099ee3ad1d8fb3bac4fcea732d19b78153efc4f1664c954
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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