Controversy Quote by Felix Frankfurter Download Open image “Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy.” — Felix Frankfurter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Controversy Integrity Principles Truth Seeking
When I am convinced of any principle, it is only an idea which strikes more strongly upon me. When I give the preference to… — David Hume Copy Share Image
But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“With some justice, I think, I could claim that it is all right as a beginning to leave a principle in a somewhat fuzzy… — Robert Nozick Copy Share Image
But to proceed in this reconciling project with regard to the question of liberty and necessity; the most contentious question of metaphysics, the most… — David Hume Copy Share Image
You cannot have a theory without principles. Principles is another name for prejudices. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Principles do not mainly influence even the principled; we talk on principle, but we act on interest. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
“If principle is only defended when there’s nothing at stake, then it is probably not much of a principle after all.” — Jeff Flake Copy Share Image
“A great debate begins with an important, provocative question—not just any question but the right question.” — Liz Wiseman Copy Share Image
Future lawyers should be more aware that law is not a system of abstract logic, but the web of arrangements, rooted in history but… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
It is important not to give the appearance of a predisposed mind. And it is more important not to let the mind become predisposed. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
In the first place, lawyers better remember they are human beings, and a human being who hasn't his periods of doubts and distresses and… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
The State insists that, by thus quarantining the general reading public against books not too rugged for grown men and women in order to… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
A court which yields to the popular will thereby licenses itself to practice despotism, for there can be no assurance that it will not,… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
It would be a narrow conception of jurisprudence to confine the notion of 'laws' to what is found written on the statute books, and… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
What becomes decisive to a Justice's functioning on the Court in the large area within which his individuality moves is his general attitude toward… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
The Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality. It is no less inequality to have equality among unequals. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
We recognize that stare decisis embodies an important social policy that represents an element of continuity in law and is rooted in the psychological… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
The eternal struggle in the law between constancy and change is largely a struggle between history and reason, between past reason and present needs. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
If Melanchthon were alive today, he might not weep because of controversies that surround the Lord's Supper, but he might well sorrow because of… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
As we have seen after every other [Donald] Trump controversy, this one only increased their enthusiasm for him. His supporters thought the idea of… — Steve Inskeep Copy Share Image
My pride is the length of time I have worked in the industry without any major controversy. — Sajid Nadiadwala Copy Share Image
Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr Copy Share Image
Controversy for the sake of controversy is sin. Controversy for the sake of truth is a divine command. — Walter Martin Copy Share Image
Science does not enter a chaotic society to put order into it anymore, to simplify its composition, and to put an end to controversies.… — Bruno Latour Copy Share Image
I am disappointed by this controversy surrounding A Million Little Pieces because I rely on the publishers to define the category that a book… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
My stress on the truth in sexual stereotypes and on the biologic basis of sex differences is sure to cause controversy. — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Please don't think that I got married on TV for publicity. I already enjoyed a huge fan following, courtesy my character in Bidaai.' Instead,… — Sara Khan Copy Share Image
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