Benjamin N. Cardozo: Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances. Substitute statute for decision, and you shift

Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances. Substi — Benjamin N. Cardozo

Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances. Substitute statute for decision, and you shift the center of authority, but add no quota of inspired wisdom.

Benjamin N. Cardozo

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