Learned Hand Quote

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the irksomeness of action.


The Supreme Court as legislator (ed. 1967)


We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the ...

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the ...

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the ...

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the ...