Author: Benjamin N. Cardozo

Quotes

I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life.

I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life.

- Benjamin N. Cardozo

The judge is not the knight-errant, roaming at will in pursuit of his own ideal of beauty or of goodness.

The judge is not the knight-errant, roaming at will in pursuit of his own ideal of beauty or of goodness.

- Benjamin N. Cardozo

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

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

- Benjamin N. Cardozo

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

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

- Benjamin N. Cardozo

A trustee is held to something stricter than the morals of the market place. Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior.

A trustee is held to something stricter than the morals of the market place. Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior.

- Benjamin N. Cardozo

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