Felix Frankfurter

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is in his mind, but can extract what is in his stomach. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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It simply is not true that war never settles anything. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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