Felix Frankfurter – Quotes Crazy

The words of the Constitution are so unrestricted by their intrinsic meaning or by their history or by tradition or by prior decisions that they leave the individual Justice free, if indeed they do not compel him, to gather meaning not from reading the Constitution but from reading life. – Felix Frankfurter

There can be no security where there is fear. – Felix Frankfurter

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician. – Felix Frankfurter

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

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind. – Felix Frankfurter

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes. – Felix Frankfurter

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal. – Felix Frankfurter

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society. – Felix Frankfurter

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

We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights. – Felix Frankfurter