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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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

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...

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...

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...

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...

The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

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.

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 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...

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

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,...

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 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.

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...

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

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.

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.