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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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.

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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 simply is not true that war never settles anything.

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

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...

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...

So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery...

So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery...

The police are not going to run this court. The defendants are not going to...

The police are not going to run this court. The defendants are not going to...