Freedom Of Expression Is The Matrix, The

Justice, Though Due To The Accused, Is Due The Accuser Also. The Concept Of Fairness Cannot Be Strained Till It Is Narrowed To A Filament. We Are To Keep Our Balance True.

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.

There Is In Each Of Us A Stream Of Tendency, Whether You Choose To Call It Philosophy Or Not, Which Gives Coherence And Direction To Thought And Action. Judges Cannot Escape That Current Any More Than Other Mortals.

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.

Rest And Motion, Unrelieved And Unchecked, Are Equally Destructive.