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Learned Hand Quotes
«Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it»
«With the courage which only comes of justified self-confidence, he dared to rest his case upon its strongest point, and so avoided that appearance of weakness and uncertainty which comes of a clutter of arguments. Few lawyers are willing to do this; it is the mark of the most distinguished talent.»
Author: Learned Hand
«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»
«Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution.»
Author: Learned Hand
«Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.»
«What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a different face, if used by government determined to suppress political opposition under the guise of sedition»
«(Common law) stands as a monument slowly raised, like a coral reef, from the minute accretions of past individuals, of whom each built upon the relics which his predecessors left, and in his turn left a foundation upon which his successors might work»
Author: Learned Hand
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accretion, accretions, common law, coral, coral reef, monument, predecessors, Reef, relic, relics, successors
«You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt.»
Author: Learned Hand
| Keywords:
breach, disconcerting, leap, Open Mind, Raise Your Voice, relieve, The Standard