Warren Buffett's advice for beating inflation: 'Be exceptionally good at something'

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9. "We can't have all Brandeises, Frankfurters and Cardozos."

You knew this was coming.

Roman Hruska

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Mediocrity

In 1970, Hruska addressed the Senate, urging them to confirm Richard Nixon's nomination of G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court. Responding to criticism that Carswell had been a mediocre judge, Hruska argued:

Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance? We can't have all Brandeises, Frankfurters and Cardozos.