“What most impresses us about great jurists is not their tenacious grasps of fine points, honed almost to invisibility; it is the moment when we are suddently aware of the sweep and direction of the law, and its place in the lives of men.” MenMomentsLawHistoryFineImpressInvisibilityTenaciousJurists Author:Irving Kaufman
“The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.” HistoryTrustCourtSupremeCollectivesOur SocietySoleSupreme CourtArmorCloaksAmmunitionPublic TrustAmmo Author:Irving Kaufman
“The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it.” HistoryHappenedFindingsMachinesExpensiveJudicialFinding The OneJudicial System Author:Irving Kaufman
“To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.” MindHistoryCasesPerspectiveAvailableProfessionSecureRoutineShrinksJudicialPrecedentAtrophyDaily Routines Author:Irving Kaufman
