All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work, the material out of which laws are made, out of which the Constitution was written. Everything depends on our understanding…

Quote by Felix Frankfurter

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It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may...

It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may...

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...

I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human...

I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human...

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.

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...

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

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...

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.

The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.

The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.

Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.

The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards

The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards

Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy.

Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy.

I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life...

I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life...

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...

Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday...

Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday...

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

If it be a question of words and names - I will be no judge...

If it be a question of words and names - I will be no judge...

It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and...

It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and...