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I know of no title that I deem more honorable than that of Professor of the Harvard Law School.

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 foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment.
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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
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There is torture of mind as well as body the will is as much affected by fear as by force. And there comes a point where this Court should not be ignorant as judges of what we know as men.
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The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression.
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One is entitled to say without qualification that the correlation between prior judicial experience and fitness for the Supreme Court is zero.
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I don’t like a man to be too efficient. He’s likely to be not human enough.
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The accretion of dangerous power does not come in a day. It does come, however slowly, from the generative force of unchecked disregard of the restrictions that fence in even the most disinterested assertion of authority.
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Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society.
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Liberty of thought soon shrivels without freedom of expression. Nor can truth be pursued in an atmosphere hostile to the endeavor or under dangers which are hazarded only by heroes.
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The eternal struggle in the law between constancy and change is largely a struggle between history and reason, between past reason and present needs.
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Judicial judgment must take deep account...of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.
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If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.
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Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep. I can express with very limited adequacy the passionate devotion to this land that possesses millions of our people, born, like myself, under other skies, for the privilege that that this county has bestowed in allowing them to partake of its fellowship.
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To be effective, judicial administration must not be leaden-footed.
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There is no inevitability in history except as men make it.
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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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No office in the land is more important than that of being a citizen.
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