13 Quotes by Abe Fortas

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    Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire.

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    For a justice of this ultimate tribunal, the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is usually great.

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    Government...may not be hostile to any religion or to the advocacy of no-religion; and it may not aid, foster, or promote one religion or religious theory against another... The First Amendment mandates governmental neutrality.

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    Needless, heedless, wanton and deliberate injury of the sort inflicted by Life’s picture story is not an essential instrument of responsible journalism.

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