The Aim Of Law Is The Maximum

Our Dangers, As It Seems To Me, Are Not From The Outrageous But From The Conforming; Not From Those Who Rarely And Under The Lurid Glare Of Obloquy Upset Our Moral Complaisance, Or Shock Us With Unaccustomed Conduct, But From Those, The Mass Of Us, Who Take Their Virtues And Their Tastes, Like Their Shirts And Their Furniture, From The Limited Patterns Which The Market Offers.

You Cannot Raise The Standard Against Oppression, Or Leap Into The Breach To Relieve Injustice, And Still Keep An Open Mind To Every Disconcerting Fact, Or An Open Ear To The Cold Voice Of Doubt. I Am Satisfied That A Scholar Who Tries To Combine These Parts Sells His Birthright For A Mess Of Pottage; That, When The Final Count Is Made, It Will Be Found That The Impairment Of His Powers Far Outweighs Any Possible Contribution To The Causes He Has Espoused.

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 Hand That Rules The Press, The Radio, The Screen And The Far-spread Magazine, Rules The Country.

The Judge's Authority Depends Upon The Assumption That He Speaks With The Mouth Of Others. That Is To Say, The Momentum Of His Utterances Must Be Greater Than Any Which His Personal Reputation And Character Can Command, If It Is To Do The Work Assigned To It - If It Is To Stand Against The Passionate Resentments Arising Out Of The Interests He Must Frustrate - For While A Judge Must Discover Some Composition With The Dominant Trends Of His Times, He Must Preserve His Authority By Cloaking Himself In The Majesty Of An Overshadowing Past.