It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.
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Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority.Felix Frankfurter
Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
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It (government) is neither business nor technology nor applied science (It is) one of the subtlest of the arts since it is the art of making men live together in peace and with reasonable happiness.
Felix Frankfurter
Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy.
Felix Frankfurter
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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If the function of this Court is to be essentially no different from that of a legislature, if the considerations governing constitutional construction are to be substantially those that underlie legislation, then indeed judges should not have life
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