Felix Frankfurter Quotes About Freedom
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The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment.
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We have enjoyed so much freedom for so long that we are perhaps in danger of forgetting how much blood it cost to establish the Bill of Rights.
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Ultimately there can be no freedom for self unless it is vouchsafed for others; there can be no security where there is fear, and a democratic society presupposes confidence and candor in the relations of men with one another and eager collaboration for the larger ends of life instead of the pursuit of petty, selfish or vainglorious aims.
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Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society.
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Freedom of expression is the well-spring of our civilization... The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway as official truth by beliefs which in turn have yielded to other truths. Therefore the liberty of man to search for truth ought not to be fettered, no matter what orthodoxies he may challenge.
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The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.
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Felix Frankfurter
- Born: November 15, 1882
- Died: February 22, 1965
- Occupation: Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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