Benjamin N. Cardozo

"We seek to find peace of mind in the word, the formula, the ritual. The hope is an illusion."

— Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870-1938) The Growth of the Law (1924)

 

Image: [The same can be said to be true of religion] Surreptitious photograph of the Supreme Court in the Old Senate Chamber (1932) by Erich Salomon. On the bench, left to right: Willis Van Devanter, Pierce Butler, Louis Brandeis, James McReynolds, Charles Evans Hughes, George Sutherland, Owen Roberts, and Benjamin N. Cardozo. Not pictured: Harlan Fiske Stone

 

This North Eastern Life: Quote of the Day for 2016-05-25

 

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