You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt.
Learned HandOur common law is the stock instance of a combination of custom and its successive adaptations.
Learned HandThose of us who have come to years of discretion and more, must often take to retrospect, and seek to appraise the outcome of our lives.
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