Benjamin Cardozo Quotes


"The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed."
- Benjamin Cardozo
(Related: Duty, Risk)

"The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities."
- Benjamin Cardozo
(Related: Eyes, Martyr)

"Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience."
- Benjamin Cardozo
(Related: Experience, Poor, Prophecy)

"Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more."
- Benjamin Cardozo
(Related: Inspiration)

"Membership in the bar is a privilege burdened with conditions."
- Benjamin Cardozo
(Related: Privilege)

"Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances."
- Benjamin Cardozo
(Related: Justice)

"Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom."
- Benjamin Cardozo
(Related: Expression, Freedom)

"Law never is, but is always about to be."
- Benjamin Cardozo
(Related: Law)