Author: Learned Hand

Quotes

Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us.

Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us.

- Learned Hand

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.

- 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.

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.

- Learned Hand

No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture.

No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture.

- Learned Hand

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.

- Learned Hand

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