No Judge Writes On A Wholly Clean

If One Man Can Be Allowed To Determine For Himself What Is Law, Every Man Can. That Means First Chaos, Then Tyranny. Legal Process Is An Essential Part Of The Democratic Process.

It Is Important Not To Give The Appearance Of A Predisposed Mind. And It Is More Important Not To Let The Mind Become Predisposed.

The Most Constructive Way Of Resolving Conflicts Is To Avoid Them.

I Know Of No Title That I Deem More Honorable Than That Of Professor Of The Harvard Law School.

Democracy Is Always A Beckoning Goal, Not A Safe Harbor. For Freedom Is An Unremitting Endeavor, Never A Final Achievement.