The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.

Quote by Felix Frankfurter

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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...

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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 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

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...

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

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...

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...

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...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make...

Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make...

You watched these people go through their lives and just had a feeling that they...

You watched these people go through their lives and just had a feeling that they...

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of...

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of...