Felix Frankfurter Quotes
The Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality. It is no less inequality to have equality among unequals.
Frankfurter, Felix. Dissenting opinion, Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186, Supreme Court of the United States, 1962.
60 years later George Orwell would use the last line in his famous Animal Farm --- See {625338} .
The power structure of England and the English administrators of South Africa were strong advocates of racial equality at the beginning of the 19th century. They insisted on equal administration of law. However the Boer white population could think of nothing more absurd. In a sense the Boers were much like the Southern Whites at the same time. The South African government however could not enforce its equality policies in the rural area – the majority of South Africa at the time. When democracy and self rule came to South Africa, the racially moderating force of the English was minimized and the majority of South Africans wanted a racially segregated society. Apartheid resulted.
Felix Frankfurter was an American lawyer, professor, and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court from 1939 to 1962 and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court.
