The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

Quote by Felix Frankfurter

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There can be no security where there is fear.

There can be no security where there is fear.

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 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...

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.

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

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

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.

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,...

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

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...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also...

The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also...

The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but...

The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but...