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If nowhere else, in the relation between Church and State, good fences make good neighbors.
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
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The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself, and not what we have said about it.
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