What did Learned Hand mean by: Our common law is the stock instance of a combination of custom and its successive adaptations. Learned Hand Judge · USA Copy
+ There is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Learned Hand, Ethics, Financial planning, Taxation, 0 Learned Hand Judge · USA
+ Skepticism is my only gospel, but I don’t want to make a dogma out of it. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Learned Hand, Dogma, Gospel, Skepticism, 0 Learned Hand Judge · USA
+ The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Learned Hand, Influence, Media, Power, 0 Learned Hand Judge · USA
+ If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: thou shalt not ration justice. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Learned Hand, Democracy, Justice, 0 Learned Hand Judge · USA
+ Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Learned Hand, Adaptability, Influence, Perception, 0 Learned Hand Judge · USA
+ Tyranny is tyranny, no matter what its form; the free man will resist it if his courage serves. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Learned Hand, Courage, Resistance, Tyranny, 0 Learned Hand Judge · USA
+ A government of laws without men is as visionary as a government of men without laws. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Learned Hand, Government, Laws, Visionary, 0 Learned Hand Judge · USA
+ The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not quite sure it is right. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Learned Hand, Liberty, Spirit, Uncertainty, 0 Learned Hand Judge · USA
Straying off course is not recognized as a capital crime by civilized nations. Jeane Kirkpatrick Political scientist and diplomat
A question settled by violence, or in disregard of law, must remain unsettled forever. Jefferson Davis Politician · USA
Let men not ask what the law requires, but give whatever freedom demands. Jefferson Davis Politician · USA
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished. Jeremy Bentham Philosopher · England
