Quotes by Abe Fortas

For a justice of this ultimate tribunal, the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is usually great.
– Abe Fortas
Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire.
– Abe Fortas
Needless, heedless, wanton and deliberate injury of the sort inflicted by Life's picture story is not an essential instrument of responsible journalism.
– Abe Fortas