102 Quotes by Felix Frankfurter

The Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality. It is no less inequality to have equality among unequals.

No court can make time stand still.

The line must follow some direction of policy, whether rooted in logic or experience. Lines should not be drawn simply for the sake of drawing lines.

Of compelling consideration is the fact that words acquire scope and function from the history of events which they summarize.

Ambiguity lurks in generality and may thus become an instrument of severity.

A court which yields to the popular will thereby licenses itself to practice despotism, for there can be no assurance that it will not on another occasion indulge its own will.

Morals are three-quarters manners.

The dynamo of our economic system is self-interest which may range from mere petty greed to admirable types of self-expression.

Liberty of thought soon shrivels without freedom of expression. Nor can truth be pursued in an atmosphere hostile to the endeavor or under dangers which are hazarded only by heroes.