“In the end the great truth will have been learned that the quest is greater than what is sought, the effort finer that the prize (or rather, that the effort is the prize), the victory cheap and hollow were it not for the rigor of the game.”
Quote by Benjamin Cardozo
Author
Benjamin Cardozo
Benjamin Cardozo was a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, known for his profound legal thoughts and unique judicial style. He was born on May 24, 1870, and died on July 9, 1938. more
You May Also Like
“Opinion has a significance proportioned to the sources that sustain it.”
Source: Law is Justice: Notable Opinions of Mr. Justice Cardozo
“The heroic hours of life do not announce their presence by drum and trumpet.”
Source: Cardozo on the Law: Including the Nature of the Judicial Process, The Growth of the Law, The Paradoxes of Legal Science, Law and Literature
“I had fought against the unjust restriction of immigration.”
Source: You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler
“Illegality will never solve the problem of political lawlessness.”
Source: You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler
Source: You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler
Source: You Never Leave Brooklyn: The Autobiography of Emanuel Celler