We Prate Of Freedom; We Are In

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.

The Art Of Publicity Is A Black Art.

The Spirit Of Liberty Is The Spirit Which Is Not Too Sure That It Is Right; The Spirit Of Liberty Is The Spirit Which Seeks To Understands The Minds Of Other Men And Women.

Skepticism Is My Only Gospel, But I Don't Want To Make A Dogma Out Of It.

Political Agitation, By The Passions It Arouses Or The Convictions It Engenders, May In Fact Stimulate Men To The Violation Of The Law. Detestation Of Existing Policies Is Easily Transformed Into Forcible Resistance Of The Authority Which Puts Them In Execution, And It Would Be Folly To Disregard The Causal Relation Between The Two. Yet To Assimilate Agitation, Legitimate As Such, With Direct Incitement To Violent Resistance, Is To Disregard The Tolerance Of All Methods Of Political Agitation Which In Normal Times Is A Safeguard Of Free Government.