Cases Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

Everything is always decided for reasons other than the real merits of the case

— John Maynard Keynes

Principle will, in... most... cases open the way for us to correct conclusion.

— Thomas Jefferson

Reason argues the case, but fact may determine the judgment.

— Mason Cooley

It is fairly clear that many of the arguments against proposition testing are really arguments against propositions themselves.

— Stephen King

I dare say that I have worked off my fundamental formula on you that the chief end of man is to frame general propositions…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

The fundamental criterion for judging any procedure is the justice of its likely results.

— John Rawls

For the law, the clarity of language and the finality of judgment is crucial, because you have to decide a case one way or…

— Talal Asad

Some philosophers fail to distinguish propositions from judgements; ... But in the real world it is more important that a proposition be interesting than…

— Alfred North Whitehead

Often any decision, even the wrong decision, is better than no decision.

— Ben Horowitz

There are many degrees of Probable, some nearer Truth than others, in the determining of which lies the chief exercise of our Judgment.

— Christiaan Huygens

Most decisions are seat-of-the-pants judgments. You can create a rationale for anything. In the end, most decisions are based on intuition and faith.

— Nathan Myhrvold

The meaning of a proposition is the method of its verification.

— Moritz Schlick