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SO THAT IS MY IDEA OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE MELTING
POT. THAT’S NOT QUITE RIGHT, BECAUSE WE KEEP OUR INDIVIDUAL IDENTITIES, BUT WE
ARE ALL AMERICANS AND PROUD TO LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Class of 1995

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