Felix Frankfurter Quotes
Top 45 wise famous quotes and sayings by Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter Famous Quotes & Sayings
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We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights.
The line must follow some direction of policy, whether rooted in logic or experience. Lines should not be drawn simply for the sake of drawing lines.
The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.
The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression.
Democracy is always a beckoning goal, not a safe harbor. For freedom is an unremitting endeavor, never a final achievement.
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.
The Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality. It is no less inequality to have equality among unequals.
Once the tyranny of literalness is rejected, all relevant considerations for giving a rational content to the words become operative.
The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.
It is important not to give the appearance of a predisposed mind. And it is more important not to let the mind become predisposed.
We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.
Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.
The eternal struggle in the law between constancy and change is largely a struggle between history and reason, between past reason and present needs.
Of compelling consideration is the fact that words acquire scope and function from the history of events which they summarize.
It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.