Irving Ravetch

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    A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
    —Washington Irving (1783–1859)

    Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that’s what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other.
    —Irving Ravetch (b. 1920)