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> [No judicial system could do society's work if each issue had to be decided afresh in every case which raised it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/no-judicial-system-could-do-society-s-work-if-each-issue-had-to-be/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

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## More by Benjamin Cardozo

> [The great generalities of the constitution have a content and a significance that vary from age to age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/the-great-generalities-of-the-constitution-have-a-content-and-a/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

> [It is for ordinary minds, not for psychoanalysts, that our rules of evidence are framed. They have their source very often in considerations of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/it-is-for-ordinary-minds-not-for-psychoanalysts-that-our-rules-of/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

> [Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/not-honesty-alone-but-the-punctilio-of-an-honor-the-most-sensitive-is/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

> [Every human being of adult years and sound mind has a legal right to determine what shall be done with his own body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/every-human-being-of-adult-years-and-sound-mind-has-a-legal-right-to/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

> [Law never is, but is always about to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/law-never-is-but-is-always-about-to-be/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

> [The heroic hours of life do not announce their presence by drum and trumpet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/the-heroic-hours-of-life-do-not-announce-their-presence-by-drum-and/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

> [Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/method-is-much-technique-is-much-but-inspiration-is-even-more/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

> [In the end the great truth will have been learned that the quest is greater than what is sought, the effort finer that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/in-the-end-the-great-truth-will-have-been-learned-that-the-quest-is/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

> [The great tides and currents which engulf the rest of men do not turn aside in their course and pass the judges by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/the-great-tides-and-currents-which-engulf-the-rest-of-men-do-not-turn/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

> [The heroic hours of life do not announce their presence by drum and trumpet, challenging us to be true to ourselves by appeals to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/the-heroic-hours-of-life-do-not-announce-their-presence-by-drum-and-2/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

> [Expediency may tip the scales when arguments are nicely balanced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/expediency-may-tip-the-scales-when-arguments-are-nicely-balanced/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

> [The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/the-prophet-and-the-martyr-do-not-see-the-hooting-throng-their-eyes/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

> [The validity of a tax depends upon its nature, and not upon its name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/the-validity-of-a-tax-depends-upon-its-nature-and-not-upon-its-name/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

> [Rest and motion, unrelieved and unchecked, are equally destructive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/rest-and-motion-unrelieved-and-unchecked-are-equally-destructive/)

[Benjamin Cardozo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-cardozo/)

> [Justice, though due to the accused, is due the accuser also. The concept of fairness cannot be strained till it is narrowed to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-cardozo/justice-though-due-to-the-accused-is-due-the-accuser-also-the-concept/)

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