It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals. Felix Frankfurter
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late. Felix Frankfurter
The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort. Felix Frankfurter
Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess. Felix Frankfurter
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society. Felix Frankfurter
Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep. Felix Frankfurter
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. Felix Frankfurter
It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people. Felix Frankfurter
Fragile as reason is and limited as law is as the institutionalised medium of reason, that’s all we have between us and the tyranny of mere will and the cruelty of unbridled, undisciplined feelings. Felix Frankfurter