“Fulfillment may fall short of expectation. At least there has been gained a foothold from which occasion can be seized.”
“Due process is a growth too sturdy to succumb to the infection of the least ingredient of error.”
“Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances. Substitute statute for decision, and you shift the center of authority, but add no quota of inspired wisdom.”
“Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more.”
“In truth, I am nothing but a plodding mediocrity — please observe, a plodding mediocrity — for a mere mediocrity does not go very far, but a plodding one gets quite a distance. There is joy in that success, and a distinction can come from courage, fidelity and industry.”
“Code is followed by commentary, and commentary by revision, and thus the task is never done.”
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