A license cannot be be revoked because a man is red-headed or because he was divorced, except for a calling, if such there be, for which red-headedness or an unbroken marriage may have some rational bearing
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Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.Felix Frankfurter
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.
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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
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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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Judicial judgment must take deep account of the day before yesterday in order that yesterday may not paralyze today.
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As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard.
Felix Frankfurter
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