The public official must pick his way nicely, must learn to placate though not to yield too much, to have the art of honeyed words but not to seem neutral, and above all to keep constantly audible, visible, likable, even kissable.
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it ... The spirit of liberty is the spiri… - Learned Hand
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it ... The spirit of liberty is the spiri…
- Learned Hand
I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon law and upon courts. These are false hopes, believe me, these are f… - Learned Hand
I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon law and upon courts. These are false hopes, believe me, these are f…
We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the… - Learned Hand
We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the…
Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. Th… - Learned Hand
Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury. Th…
"I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that ye may be mistaken." I should like to have that written over the portals of every church, every sch… - Learned Hand
"I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that ye may be mistaken." I should like to have that written over the portals of every church, every sch…
A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is the possession of only a savage few. - Learned Hand
A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is the possession of only a savage few.
The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it. - Learned Hand
The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.
The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country. - Learned Hand
The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country.
In america, there are two tax systems: one for the informed and one for the uninformed. Both are legal - Learned Hand
In america, there are two tax systems: one for the informed and one for the uninformed. Both are legal
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