Felix Frankfurter Politician

Gender: Male
Citizenship: United States
Born: Nov 15, 1882
Died: Feb 22, 1965

Felix Frankfurter was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna and immigrated to New York at the age of 12. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was active politically, helping to found the American Civil Liberties Union. He was a friend and adviser of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1939. Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court for 23 years, and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court.

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

wisdom

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

freedom

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

power

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

aging

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

the law

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.

strength