Maxioms by Felix Frankfurter
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of [achieving] a free read more
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of [achieving] a free society.
Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is read more
It is anomalous to hold that in order to convict a man the police cannot extract by force what is in his mind, but can extract what is in his stomach.
If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, read more
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.
