Author: Felix Frankfurter

Quotes

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.

- 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.

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

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

- Felix Frankfurter

There can be no security where there is fear.

There can be no security where there is fear.

- Felix Frankfurter

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

- Felix Frankfurter

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.

- Felix Frankfurter

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

- Felix Frankfurter

Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

- Felix Frankfurter

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

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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