Consequences Cannot Alter Statutes, But

The Great Ideals Of Liberty And Equality Are Preserved Against The Assaults Of Opportunism, The Expediency Of The Passing Hour, The Erosion Of Small Encroachments, The Scorn And Derision Of Those Who Have No Patience With General Principles.

There Are Vogues And Fashions In Jurisprudence As In Literature And Art And Dress.

I Take Judge-made Law As One Of The Existing Realities Of Life.

The Repetition Of A Catchword Can Hold Analysis In Fetters For Fifty Years Or More.

The Constant Assumption Runs Throughout The Law That The Natural And Spontaneous Evolutions Of Habit Fix The Limits Of Right And Wrong.