I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life entirely as a Jew, I think it is fitting that I should leave as a Jew. I don't want to turn my back on a…

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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.

The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

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

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

There can be no security where there is fear.

There can be no security where there is fear.

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions...

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions...

All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the...

All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the...

All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the...

All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the...

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

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

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

It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot...

It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot...

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions...

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions...

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

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

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have...

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have...

Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one.

Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one.

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have...

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have...

Fragile as reason is and limited as law is as the institutionalized medium of reason,...

Fragile as reason is and limited as law is as the institutionalized medium of reason,...

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

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

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for...

Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for...

As God said to Job, Checkmate

As God said to Job, Checkmate