Benjamin Cardozo Quotes

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

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

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

Law never is, but is always about to be.

Consequences cannot alter statutes, but may help to fix their meaning.

We seek to find peace of mind in the word, the formula, the ritual. The hope is illusion.

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

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

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

The difference is no less real because it is of degree.