Quotes by Felix Frankfurter

Felix Frankfurter was an Austrian-American lawyer, professor, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962 and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna, Austria, and immigrated to New York City at the age of 12.

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

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

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

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

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