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Benjamin Cardozo
American
Judge
About the author
I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life.
Benjamin Cardozo,
American
Judge
#Life
#Law
The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed.
Benjamin Cardozo,
American
Judge
#Risk
#Duty
The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities.
Benjamin Cardozo,
American
Judge
#Eyes
#Martyr
Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.
Benjamin Cardozo,
American
Judge
#Poor
#Experience
#Prophecy
Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more.
Benjamin Cardozo,
American
Judge
#Inspiration
Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions.
Benjamin Cardozo,
American
Judge
#Privilege
Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances.
Benjamin Cardozo,
American
Judge
#Justice
Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.
Benjamin Cardozo,
American
Judge
#Freedom
#Expression
Law never is, but is always about to be.
Benjamin Cardozo,
American
Judge
#Law