The Constitution was framed upon the theory that the peoples of the several states must sink or swim together, and that in the long run prosperity and salvation are in union and not division.

The constant assumption runs throughout the law that the natural and spontaneous evolutions of habit fix the limits of right and wrong.

We seek to find peace of mind in the word, the formula, the ritual. The hope is illusion.

The validity of a tax depends upon its nature, and not upon its name.

The judge is not the knight-errant, roaming at will in pursuit of his own ideal of beauty or of goodness.

Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions.

I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life.