Fragile as reason is and limited as law is as the institutionalised medium of reason, that's all we have between us and the tyranny of mere will and the cruelty of unbridled, undisciplined feelings.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself, and not what we have said about it.

Democracy is always a beckoning goal, not a safe harbor. For freedom is an unremitting endeavor, never a final achievement.

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.