Felix Frankfurter Freedom Quotations

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

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.

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 as official truth by beliefs which in turn have yielded to other truths. Therefore the liberty of man to search for truth ought not to be fettered, no matter what orthodoxies he may challenge.

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society.

Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield power.

The ultimate foundation of a free society is the binding tie of cohesive sentiment.