Benjamin N. Cardozo Quotes

Thought is a form of love, if it be inspired.

inspirational

There is an accuracy that defeats itself by the over-emphasis of details.

accuracy

Justice is not to be taken by storm.  She is to be wooed by slow advances.

justice

What has once been settled by a precedent will not be unsettled overnight.

precedent

The rule of adherence to precedent, though it ought not to be abandoned, ought to be in some degree relaxed.  I think that when a rule, after it has been duly tested by experience, has been found to be inconsistent with the sense of justice or with the social welfare, there should be less hesitation in frank avowal and full abandonment.

precedent