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

Quote by Felix Frankfurter

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The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

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 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 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...

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...

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,...

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have...

It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have...

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...

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...

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

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...

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

A Constitution should be short and obscure

A Constitution should be short and obscure

From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during...

From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during...

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain -...

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain -...