102 Quotes by Felix Frankfurter

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy.

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.

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

The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

There can be no security where there is fear.

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