Quotes by Benjamin Cardozo

“Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more.”

“Law never is, but is always about to be”

“The difference is no less real because it is of degree”

“Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances.”

“Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom”

“We seek to find peace of mind in the word, the formula, the ritual. The hope is illusion.”

“Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.”

“The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed”

“The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities.”

“Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions”

It is when the colors do not match, when the references in the index fail, when there is no decisive precedent, that the serious business of the judge begins

We seek to find peace of mind in the word, the formula, the ritual. The hope is illusion.

Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.