Felix Frankfurter Quotes

All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.

One must be careful not to prejudge the past.

On television, I tried to absolutely hew to the middle of the road and not show any prejudice or bias in any way.

Professionally and personally, I try to be as agnostic as possible, try to see things as objectively as possible.

An unprejudiced mind is probably the rarest thing in the world; to nonprejudice I attach the greatest value.

As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.

Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.

It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a really unbiased opinion, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always absolutely valueless.

There are some situations one simply cannot be neutral about, because when you are neutral you are an accomplice. Objectivity doesn't mean treating all sides equally. It means giving each side a hearing.

There are only two ways to be quite unprejudiced and impartial. One is to be completely ignorant. The other is to be completely indifferent. Bias and prejudice are attitudes to be kept in hand, not attitudes to be avoided.

I come to every case with an open mind. Every case is new to me.

I'm not a partisan.

You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.

I don't really have that many judgements on things, or crazy statements that I feel like I have to put across.

I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective.

In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.

I am the kind of person that takes everything as is and then look at it from the outside looking in.

Impartial - unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.

The point I'm trying to make is, I'm really quite neutral. I have not been conditioned.

A university is not a political party, and an education is not an indoctrination.

I've always tried to be fair, even-handed, not an advocate for any group.

I am not prejudiced in any way.

Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything.