Benjamin Cardozo Quotes about Judging

The judge is not the knight-errant, roaming at will in pursuit of his own ideal of beauty or of goodness.

The judge is not the knight-errant, roaming at will in pursuit of his own ideal of beauty or of goodness.

Knights, Judging, Roaming

The great tides and currents which engulf the rest of men do not turn aside in their course and pass the judges by.

Men, Judging, Tides

Benjamin N. Cardozo, Andrew L. Kaufman (ed.) (2010). “The Nature of the Judicial Process”, p.68, Quid Pro Books

There is in each of us a stream of tendency, whether you choose to call it philosophy or not, which gives coherence and direction to thought and action. Judges cannot escape that current any more than other mortals.

Benjamin Cardozo

Philosophy, Giving, Judging

Benjamin N. Cardozo (2012). “The Nature of the Judicial Process”, p.8, Courier Corporation

I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life.

Benjamin Cardozo

Reality, Law, Judging

Benjamin N. Cardozo (2012). “The Nature of the Judicial Process”, p.6, Courier Corporation

History or custom or social utility or some compelling sense of justice or sometimes perhaps a semi-intuitive apprehension of the pervading spirit of our law must come to the rescue of the anxious judge and tell him where to go.

Benjamin Cardozo

Law, Justice, Judging

Benjamin Cardozo Quotes about Judging

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