A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is the possession of only… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
“Here I am an old man in a long nightgown making muffled noises at people who may be no worse than I… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
It lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Political agitation, by the passions it arouses or the convictions it engenders, may in fact stimulate men to the violation of the… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it;… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
A government of laws without men is as visionary as a government of men without laws. — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Tyranny is tyranny, no matter what its form; the free man will resist it if his courage serves. — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it;… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon law and upon courts. These are false… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Conservative political opinion in America cleaves to the tradition of the judge as passive interpreter, believing that his absolute loyalty to authoritative law is… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
When I say that a thing is true, I mean that I cannot help believing it... But...I do not venture to assume that my… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
'I beseech ye . . . , think that ye may be mistaken.' I should like to have that written over the portals of… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
I beseech ye in the bowels of Christ, think that ye may be mistaken." I should like to have that written over the portals… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a different face, if used by government determined to suppress… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
The spirit of liberty is the spirit of him who, near two thousand years ago, taught mankind that lesson it has never learned ... . — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
I had rather take my chance that some traitors will escape detection than spread abroad a spirit of general suspicion and distrust, which accepts… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
The successful competitor, having been urged to compete, must not be turned upon when he wins. — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
It is often hard to secure unanimity about the borders of legislative power, but that is much easier than to decide how far a… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
Each one of us must in the end choose for himself how far he would like to leave our collective fate to the wayward… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
