Learned Hand

In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy. ↗

— Learned Hand

#end #heresy #in the end #risk #run

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage. ↗

— Learned Hand

#enough #form #into #itself #life

It lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it. ↗

— Learned Hand

#court #dies #hearts #law #lies

Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us. ↗

— Learned Hand

#doubts #down #flow #insufficient #judgments

The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man. ↗

— Learned Hand

#gratification #law #man #maximum #nervous

The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its potency. ↗

— Learned Hand

#art #black #come #every #potency

The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its reflection. Be careful that too broad and high an aim does not paralyze your effort and clog your springs of action. ↗

— Learned Hand

#aim #be careful #broad #careful #clog

Thou shalt not ration justice. ↗

— Learned Hand

#ration #shalt #thou

What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart. ↗

— Learned Hand

#determination #employee #manifestation #may #more

Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment. ↗

— Learned Hand

#environment #reflect #their #which #words