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 HandThe successful competitor, having been urged to compete, must not be turned upon when he wins.
Learned HandThere is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally. As nearly as we can, we must put ourselves in the place of those who uttered the words, and try to divine how they would have dealt with the unforeseen situation; and, although their words are by far the most decisive evidence of what they would have done, they are by no means final.
Learned HandRight knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution.
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