Quotes by Learned Hand

“Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. The spirit of liberty ...”

“What then is the spirit of liberty? I cannot define it; I can only tell you my own faith. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the sp...”

“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.”

“No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture.”

“We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of further inertia and the irksomeness of action.”

“The art of publicity is a black art.”

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

“The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.”

“We shall succeed only so far as we continue that most distasteful of all activity the intolerable labour of thought.”