All Learned Hand Quotes
It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.
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In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.
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The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.
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Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us.
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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.
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The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its potency.
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No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture.
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Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.
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The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.
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If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.
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We may win when we lose, if we have done what we can; for by so doing we have made real at least some part of that finished product in whose fabrication we are most concerned: ourselves.
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What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart.
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Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.
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