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Category: Learned Hand

No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture.

Support, Devil, Doubt

It lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it.

Law, Men, Constitution

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.

Law, Men, Constitution

We shall succeed only so far as we continue that most distasteful of all activity the intolerable labour of thought.

thinking, thought

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.

liberty, human, rights

The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs their interests alongside its own without bias.

law, liberty, philosophy

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs their interests alongside its own without bias.

law, liberty, philosophy