Learned Hand Quote

This much I think I do know—that a society so riven that the spirit of moderation is gone, no court cansave; that a society where that spirit flourishes, no court need save; that in a society which evades its responsibility by thrusting upon the courts the nurture of that spirit, that spirit in the end will perish.

The Contribution of an Independent Judiciary to Civilization (1942)

This much I think I do know—that a society so riven that the spirit of moderation is gone, no court cansave; that a society where that spirit...

This much I think I do know—that a society so riven that the spirit of moderation is gone, no court cansave; that a society where that spirit...

This much I think I do know—that a society so riven that the spirit of moderation is gone, no court cansave; that a society where that spirit...

This much I think I do know—that a society so riven that the spirit of moderation is gone, no court cansave; that a society where that spirit...