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Learned Hand quotes

American Judge January 27, 1872 – August 14, 1961

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Learned Hand quote: "Here I am an old man in a long nightgown making muffled noises..."
Here I am an old man in a long nightgown making muffled noises at people who may be no worse than I am. Learned Hand
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
Learned Hand quote: "Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the..."
Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution. Learned Hand
Learned Hand quote: "Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition."
Words are not pebbles in alien juxtaposition. Learned Hand
I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them. Learned Hand
Our dangers, as it seems to me, are not from the outrageous but from the conforming; not from those who rarely and under the lurid glare of obloquy upset our moral complaisance, or shock us with unaccustomed conduct, but from those, the mass of us, who take their virtues and their tastes, like their shirts and their furniture, from the limited patterns which the market offers. Learned Hand
Learned Hand quote: "Thou shalt not ration justice."
Thou shalt not ration justice. Learned Hand
Learned Hand quote: "If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou..."
If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice. Learned Hand
Learned Hand quote: "A self-made man may prefer a self-made name."
A self-made man may prefer a self-made name. Learned Hand
Learned Hand quote: "The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous..."
The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man. Learned Hand
Learned Hand quote: "The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that..."
The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right. Learned Hand

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