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Quote by Felix Frankfurter
The words of the Constitution are so unrestricted by their intrins

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

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

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A Constitution should be short and obscure. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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