It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.

Quote by Felix Frankfurter

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It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

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.

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.

There can be no security where there is fear.

There can be no security where there is fear.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

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

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...

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.

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 mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

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...

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.

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...

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...