The Spirit Of Liberty Is The Spirit

Justice Is The Tolerable Accommodation Of The Conflicting Interests Of Society, And I Don't Believe There Is Any Royal Road To Attain Such Accommodation Concretely.

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.

The Aim Of Law Is The Maximum Gratification Of The Nervous System Of Man.

As Soon As We Cease To Pry About At Random, We Shall Come To Rely Upon Accredited Bodies Of Authoritative Dogma; And As Soon As We Come To Rely Upon Accredited Bodies Of Authoritative Dogma, Not Only Are The Days Of Our Liberty Over, But We Have Lost The Password That Has Hitherto Opened To Us The Gates Of Success As Well.

Liberty Lies In The Hearts Of Men And Women; When It Dies There, No Constitution, No Law, No Court Can Save It ... 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 Understand The Minds Of Other Men And Women; The Spirit Of Liberty Is The Spirit Which Weighs Their Interests Alongside Its Own Without Bias.