History or custom or social utility or some compelling sense of justice or sometimes perhaps a semi-intuitive apprehension of the pervading spirit of our law must come to the rescue of the anxious judge and tell him where to go.
It is for ordinary minds, not for psychoanalysts, that our rules of evidence are framed. They have their source very often in considerations of admin… - Benjamin Cardozo
It is for ordinary minds, not for psychoanalysts, that our rules of evidence are framed. They have their source very often in considerations of admin…
- Benjamin Cardozo
The validity of a tax depends upon its nature, and not upon its name. - Benjamin Cardozo
The validity of a tax depends upon its nature, and not upon its name.
The difference is no less real because it is of degree. - Benjamin Cardozo
The difference is no less real because it is of degree.
Opinion has a significance proportioned to the sources that sustain it. - Benjamin Cardozo
Opinion has a significance proportioned to the sources that sustain it.
The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities. - Benjamin Cardozo
The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities.
The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed. - Benjamin Cardozo
The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed.
Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience. - Benjamin Cardozo
Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.
Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more. - Benjamin Cardozo
Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more.
I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life. - Benjamin Cardozo
I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life.
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