Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.
From Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.
On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.
The rules of evidence in the main are based on experience, logic, and common sense, less hampered by history than some parts of the substantive law.
When in doubt, do it.
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
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