I Tell My Students, If You Ever

I Think Mistakes Are The Essence Of Science And Law. It's Impossible To Conceive Of Either Scientific Progress Or Legal Progress Without Understanding The Important Role Of Being Wrong And Of Mistakes.

The Best Answer To Bad Speech Is Good Speech

Law Is An Imperfect Profession In Which Success Can Rarely Be Achieved Without Some Sacrifice Of Principle. Thus All Practicing Lawyers -- And Most Others In The Profession -- Will Necessarily Be Imperfect, Especially In The Eyes Of Young Idealists. There Is No Perfect Justice, Just As There Is No Absolute In Ethics. But There Is Perfect Injustice, And We Know It When We See It.

Great Research Universities Must Insist On Independence From Government And On The Exercise Of Academic Freedom.

Censorship Laws Are Blunt Instruments, Not Sharp Scalpels. Once Enacted, They Are Easily Misapplied To Merely Unpopular Or Only Marginally Dangerous Speech.