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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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Judicial judgment must take deep account...of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.
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It is important not to give the appearance of a predisposed mind. And it is more important not to let the mind become predisposed.
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Appeal must be to an informed, civically militant electorate.
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No judge writes on a wholly clean slate.
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The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment.
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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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In law also the emphasis makes the song.
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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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There is no inevitability in history except as men make it.
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The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.
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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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The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.
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Democracy is always a beckoning goal, not a safe harbor. For freedom is an unremitting endeavor, never a final achievement.
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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 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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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
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