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.

Quote by Learned Hand

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

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

If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration...

If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration...

The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and...

The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and...

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

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

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

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

What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a...

What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a...

You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice,...

You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice,...

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

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

Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.

Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.

In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of...

In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of...

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for...

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for...

Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a...

Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a...

What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction,...

What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction,...

Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition.

Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition.

The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its...

The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its...

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

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

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

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

I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though...

I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though...

It lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution,...

It lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution,...

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into...

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into...