Quote by Felix Frankfurter
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the en

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

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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

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In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it. – John F. Kennedy

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That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what Im saying, cause music is freedom and being free is the closest Ive ever felt to being spiritual. – Ben Harper

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Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that. – Richard M. Nixon

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When we, through our educational culture, through the media, through the entertainment culture, give our children the impression that human beings cannot control their passions, we are telling them, in effect, that human beings cannot be trusted with freedom. – Alan Keyes

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