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Liberty Quotes by Felix Frankfurter
- Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society.
- The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment.
- It is easy to make light of insistence on scrupulous regard for the safeguards of civil liberties when invoked on behalf of the unworthy. History…
- 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…
- The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.
- 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…
- The history of liberty has largely been the history of the observance of procedural safeguards.
- 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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- Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. — Lord Acton