The judge's authority depends upon the assumption that he speaks with the mouth of others. That is to say, the momentum of his utterances must be greater than any which his personal reputation and character can command, if it is to do the work assigned to it - if it is to stand against the passionate resentments arising out of the interests he must frustrate - for while a judge must discover some composition with the dominant trends of his times, he must preserve his authority by cloaking himself in the majesty of an overshadowing past.

In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.

The public needs the equivalent of Chevrolets as well as Cadillacs.

For myself it would be most irksome to be ruled by a bevy of Platonic Guardians, even if I knew how to choose them, which I assuredly do not.

We cannot escape from the arbitrariness of the judge, unless we place ourselves under the despotism of the law.

It is better that the law should be certain than that every judge should speculate upon improvements in it.

I will rule them by fixed laws so that rest and happiness shall prevail in the world.