Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more.

Quote by Benjamin Cardozo

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I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life.

I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life.

Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow...

Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow...

Law never is, but is always about to be.

Law never is, but is always about to be.

The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed

The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed

The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed...

The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed...

Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions.

Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions.

Existing rules and principles can give us our present location, our bearings, our latitude and...

Existing rules and principles can give us our present location, our bearings, our latitude and...

The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed.

The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed.

Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.

Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.

Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of...

Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of...

Law never is, but is always about to be

Law never is, but is always about to be

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of...

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for law, so much as a respect...

It is nature's law that rivers wind, trees grow wood, and, given the opportunity, women...

It is nature's law that rivers wind, trees grow wood, and, given the opportunity, women...

He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client

He who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client

That which is not just is not law.

That which is not just is not law.

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism...

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism...

The law is above the law, you know

The law is above the law, you know

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.

The juries are our judges of all fact, and of law when they choose it.