Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances.

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Topic

Justice Incremental progress Political theory

Speaker

Benjamin Cardozo

Source

The Function and the Ends of Law

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Supreme Court Justice Judge Lawyer

From

United States

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Citation

Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan. "The Function and the Ends of Law." Dec. 1923, Yale University Law School, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

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