There is in each of us a stream of tendency, whether you choose to call it philosophy or not, which gives coherence and direction to thought and action. Judges cannot escape that current any more than other mortals.

Every human being of adult years and sound mind has a legal right to determine what shall be done with his own body.

There is in each of us a stream of tendency, whether you choose to call it philosophy or not, which gives coherence and direction to thought and action. Judges cannot escape that current any more than other mortals.

Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.

History, in illuminating the past, illuminates the present, and in illuminating the present, illuminates the future.

What has once been settled by a precedent will not be unsettled overnight, for certainty and uniformity are gains not lightly sacrificed. Above all is this true when honest men have shaped their conduct on the faith of the pronouncement.

Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions.