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

Felix Frankfurter

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Felix Frankfurter
Age: 82 †
Born: 1882
Born: November 15
Died: 1965
Died: February 22
Former Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Judge
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Politician
Vienna
Austria
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One who belongs to the most vilified and persecuted minority in history is not likely to be insensible to the freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution... But as judges we are neither Jew nor Gentile, neither Catholic nor agnostic.
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Anybody who is any good is different from anybody else.
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It has not been unknown that judges persist in error to avoid giving the appearance of weakness and vacillation.
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The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.
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