Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of [achieving] a free society. -Felix Frankfurter

 

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


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This quote is just one of 9 total Felix Frankfurter quotes in our collection. Felix Frankfurter is known for saying 'Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of [achieving] a free society.' as well as some of the following quotes.

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard.

Felix Frankfurter

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

Felix Frankfurter

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

Felix Frankfurter

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.

Felix Frankfurter

Fragile as reason is and limited as law is as the institutionalised medium of reason, that's all we have between us and the tyranny of mere will and the cruelty of unbridled, undisciplined feelings.

Felix Frankfurter