Benjamin Cardozo

Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more.

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

Law never is, but is always about to be.

In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.