Quotes by Learned Hand

The following are quotes from Learned Hand:

I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws and upon courts. These are false hopes believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it...

The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country.

Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.

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