Felix Frankfurter Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.”

“Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.”

“Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one.”

“The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.”

“Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.”

“Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.”

“Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.”

“To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.”

“All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work, the material out of which laws are made, out of which the Constitution was written. Everything depends on our understanding of them.”

“The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.”