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Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870 – 1938)


Long-time Justice of the Court of Appeals of New York, where his opinions included many declarations that would become famous in legal circles; he was appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1932.
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Benjamin N. Cardozo
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.
Cardozo quotes
The great tides and currents which engulf the rest of men do not turn aside in their course and pass the judges by.
Cardozo
Expediency may tip the scales when arguments are nicely balanced.




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