I tell myself each time that I am trying to do the best tha… - Justine W. Polier

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I tell myself each time that I am trying to do the best that can be done for this one child in front of me now. And then, starting after court, I try to do what I can for the others like him.'

Justine W. Polier

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Justine Wise Polier (April 12, 1903 – July 31, 1987) was the first woman Justice in New York.

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Alternative Names: Justine Polier • Justine Wise Polier • Justine Wise

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Passionate concern may lead to errors of judgment, but the lack of passion in the face of human wrong leads to spiritual bankruptcy..."

One need not go South to discover the injuries to children which result from discrimination or indifference, too often rationalized on the ground that neighbors did not know about them.

As case after case came up, I saw the vast chasms between our rhetoric of freedom, equality and charity, and what we were doing to, or not doing for, poor people, especially children.

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