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The art of publicity is a black art.

What then is the spirit of liberty? I cannot define it; I can only tell you my own faith. The spirit...

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The Spirit Of Liberty: Papers And Addresses Of Learned Hand

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

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Spirit of Liberty

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.

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

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We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us...

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

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

We shall succeed only so far as we continue that most distasteful of all activity the intolerable l...

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The aim of law is the maximum gratification of the nervous system of man.

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Learned Hand

Judge

Born: 1872-01-27

Died: 1961-08-18

Billings Learned Hand (27 January 1872 – 18 August 1961), usually called simply Learned Hand, |was an American judge and judicial philosopher. He served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and later the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was famous as an avid supporter of free speech and for applying economic reasoning to American tort law. He is noted as one of the most influential American judges to have never served on the Supreme Court of the United States.More