Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late

Quote by Felix Frankfurter

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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...