In The End It Is

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.

It Is Often Hard To Secure Unanimity About The Borders Of Legislative Power, But That Is Much Easier Than To Decide How Far A Particular Adjustment Diverges From What The Judges Deem Tolerable. On Such Issues Experience Has Over And Over Again Shown The Difficulty Of Securing Unanimity. This Is Disastrous Because Disunity Cancels The Impact Of Monolithic Solidarity On Which The Authority Of A Bench Of Judges So Largely Depends.

Words Are Chameleons, Which Reflect The Color Of Their Environment.

Our Common Law Is The Stock Instance Of A Combination Of Custom And Its Successive Adaptations.

As Soon As We Cease To Pry About At Random, We Shall Come To Rely Upon Accredited Bodies Of Authoritative Dogma; And As Soon As We Come To Rely Upon Accredited Bodies Of Authoritative Dogma, Not Only Are The Days Of Our Liberty Over, But We Have Lost The Password That Has Hitherto Opened To Us The Gates Of Success As Well.