A Government Of Laws Without Men Is

The Spirit Of Liberty Is The Spirit That Is Not Quite Sure It Is Right.

For Myself It Would Be Most Irksome To Be Ruled By A Bevy Of Platonic Guardians, Even If I Knew How To Choose Them, Which I Assuredly Do Not.

The Public Official Must Pick His Way Nicely, Must Learn To Placate Though Not To Yield Too Much, To Have The Art Of Honeyed Words But Not To Seem Neutral, And Above All To Keep Constantly Audible, Visible, Likable, Even Kissable.

If The Prosecution Of Crime Is To Be Conducted With So Little Regard For That Protection Which Centuries Of English Law Have Given To The Individual, We Are Indeed At The Dawn Of A New Era; And Much That We Have Deemed Vital To Our Liberties, Is A Delusion.

It Is Of Course True That Any Kind Of Judicial Legislation Is Objectionable On The Score Of The Limited Interests Which A Court Can Represent, Yet There Are Wrongs Which In Fact Legislatures Cannot Be Brought To Take An Interest In, At Least Not Until The Courts Have Acted.