[Dissents are] appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day.

We may gain something in our quest for peace if we recognize at once that war is not an abnormality. In the truest sense, it is not the mere play of brute forc…

At the constitutional level where we work, ninety percent of any decision is emotional. The rational part of us supplies the reasons for supporting our predile…

It is not surprising that many should be captivated by the proposal, with its delusive simplicity and adequacey, for the outlawry of war. War should be made a …

That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a disputable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body.

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.