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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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In the first place, lawyers better remember they are human beings, and a human being who hasn't his periods of doubts and distresses and disappointments must be a cabbage, not a human being. That is number one.
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Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.
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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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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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Democracy is always a beckoning goal, not a safe harbor. For freedom is an unremitting endeavor, never a final achievement.
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It simply is not true that war never settles anything.
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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 Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality. It is no less inequality to have equality among unequals.
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We recognize that stare decisis embodies an important social policy that represents an element of continuity in law and is rooted in the psychological need to satisfy reasonable expectations.
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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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To be effective, judicial administration must not be leaden-footed.
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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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In law also the emphasis makes the song.
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It would be a narrow conception of jurisprudence to confine the notion of laws to what is found written on the statute books, and to disregard the gloss which life has written upon it.
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If nowhere else, in the relation between Church and State, good fences make good neighbors.
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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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It has not been unknown that judges persist in error to avoid giving the appearance of weakness and vacillation.
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