It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.

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• Felix Frankfurter:

  Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess.

• Felix Frankfurter:

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

• Felix Frankfurter:

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

• Felix Frankfurter:

  To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

• Felix Frankfurter:

  There can be no security where there is fear.

• Felix Frankfurter:

  It simply is not true that war never settles anything.

• Felix Frankfurter:

  I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough.

• Felix Frankfurter:

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

• Felix Frankfurter:

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

• Felix Frankfurter:

  Answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question and thereby begging the real one.