If The Prosecution Of Crime Is To

In The End It Is Worse To Suppress Dissent Than To Run The Risk Of Heresy.

The Condition Of Our Survival In Any But The Meagerest Existence Is Our Willingness To Accommodate Ourselves To The Conflicting Interests Of Others, To Learn To Live In A Social World.

The Legal Relations Between The Individual And The Community Which Arise Out Of The Production And Distribution Of Property, Comprise By Far The Greater, And More Important, Part Of The Law; Subtract These And Very Little Content Would Be Left.

The Mutual Confidence On Which All Else Depends Can Be Maintained Only By An Open Mind And A Brave Reliance Upon Free Discussion.

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.