The Mark Of A Truly Civilized Man

We Forget That The Most Successful Statesmen Have Been Professionals. Lincoln Was A Professional Politician.

I Know Of No Title That I Deem More Honorable Than That Of Professor Of The Harvard Law School.

Thirty Resolute Men In Your House Of Commons Could Save The World.

The Eternal Struggle In The Law Between Constancy And Change Is Largely A Struggle Between History And Reason, Between Past Reason And Present Needs.

Fragile As Reason Is And Limited As Law Is As The Institutionalised Medium Of Reason, That's All We Have Between Us And The Tyranny Of Mere Will And The Cruelty Of Unbridled, Undisciplined Feelings.