The constant assumption runs throughout the law that the natural and spontaneous evolutions of habit fix the limits of right and wrong. (Benjamin N. Cardozo)

The constant assumption runs throughout the law that the natural and spontaneous evolutions of habit fix the limits of right and wrong.

Benjamin N. Cardozo

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