Felix Frankfurter

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.

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.

Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.

Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.

I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life entirely as a Jew, I read more

I came into the world a Jew, and although I did not live my life entirely as a Jew, I think it is fitting that I should leave as a Jew. I don't want to turn my back on a great and noble heritage.

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.