Judicial judgment must take deep account...of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

It is important not to give the appearance of a predisposed mind. And it is more important not to let the mind become predisposed.

Anybody who is any good is different from anybody else.

The accretion of dangerous power does not come in a day. It does come, however slowly, from the generative force of unchecked disregard of the restrictions that fence in even the most disinterested assertion of authority.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

Freedom of expression is the well-spring of our civilization... The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway as official truth by beliefs which in turn have yielded to other truths. Therefore the liberty of man to search for truth ought not to be fettered, no matter what orthodoxies he may challenge.