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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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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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It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.
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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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No office in the land is more important than that of being a citizen.
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After all, advocates, including advocates for States, are like managers of pugilistic and election contestants in that they have a propensity for claiming everything.
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