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Letter "L" » Learned Hand Quotes
«They taught me, not by precept, but by example, that nothing is more commendable, and more fair, than that a man should lay aside all else, and seek truth; not to preach what he might find; and surely not to try to make his views prevail; but, like Lessing, to find his satisfaction in the search itself.»
Author: Learned Hand
«In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.»
Author: Learned Hand
«No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture.»
Author: Learned Hand
«I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws and upon courts. These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it...»
Author: Learned Hand
«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.»
Author: Learned Hand
«My vote is one of the most unimportant acts of my life; if I were to acquaint myself with the matters on which it ought really to depend, if I were to try to get a judgment on which I was willing to risk affairs of even the smallest moment, I should be doing nothing else, and that seems a fatuous conclusion to a fatuous undertaking.»
Author: Learned Hand
«The art of publicity is a black art; but it has come to stay, and every year adds to its potency.»
Author: Learned Hand
«Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.»
Author: Learned Hand
«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.»
«While I should be the last to say that the making of a profit was not in itself a pleasure, I hope I should also be one of those to agree that there were other pleasures than making a profit»
Author: Learned Hand
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