If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.

We recognize that stare decisis embodies an important social policy that represents an element of continuity in law and is rooted in the psychological need to satisfy reasonable expectations.

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society.

Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one.

It is hostile to a democratic system to involve the judiciary in the politics of the people.

If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.

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