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

Quote by Felix Frankfurter

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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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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 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

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...

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

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...

There can be no security where there is fear.

There can be no security where there is fear.

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.