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Billings Learned Hand
Billings Learned Hand föddes den January 27th 1872 och dog den 18 August 1961 - US federal judge
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 (Common law) stands as a monument slowly raised, like a coral reef, from the minute accretions of past individuals, of whom each built upon the relics which his predecessors left, and in his turn left a foundation upon which his successors might work |
| (Common law) stands as a monument slowly raised, like a coral reef, from the minute accretions of past individuals, of whom each built upon the relics which his predecessors left, and in his turn left a foundation upon which his successors might work |
| A self-made man may prefer a self-made name. |
| A wise man once said, "Convention is like the shell to the chick, a protection till he is strong enough to break it through. |
| I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws and upon courts. These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it... |
| I remember he loved the patent cases, ... He used to get the invention involved in the case, take it apart and put it together again. He enjoyed seeing how the apparatus worked. . . . He also enjoyed the admiralty cases. He loved to get models of ships and recreate the circumstances of a collision. |
| I shall ask no more than that you agree with Dean Inge that even though counting heads is not an ideal way to govern, at least it is better than breaking them. |
| I submit to you that we must press along. Borrowing from Epictetus, let us say to ourselves: "Since we are men, we will play the part of Man". |
| If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice |
| In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy. |
| 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. |
| Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it |
| Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers. |
| My vote is one of the most unimportant acts of my life; if I were to acquaint myself with the matters on which it ought really to depend, if I were to try to get a judgment on which I was willing to risk affairs of even the smallest moment, I should be doing nothing else, and that seems a fatuous conclusion to a fatuous undertaking. |
| No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture. |
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Proverb (1469545 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
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