It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.

Quote by Felix Frankfurter

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It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the...

It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the...

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...

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

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...

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.

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

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,...

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...

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.

The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition.

The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition.

I'm like Bush, I see the world more like checkers than chess.

I'm like Bush, I see the world more like checkers than chess.