U.S. Supreme Court | Quotations

HARRY A. BLACKMUN Harry Blackmun signs a typed quotation in black ink. Typed Quotation signed: "Harry A. Blackmun", 5x3 card. In full: "Harry Blackmun, reflecting on nearly a quarter/century on the Supreme Courtbench (sic):/I don't want to set any records....

WILLIAM BRENNAN. Photo Mount signed: "William J Brennan Jr". Color, 8x10 photo (unsigned) matted to 11x16 (not in the Gallery of History style). Signed next to a quotation written in calligraphy. In full: "A rule compelling the critic of official conduct to guarantee the truth of all his factual assertions ...

FELIX FRANKFURTERHe pens this personal quote, dated in 1933! Autograph Quotation Signed: "Let us raise a standard/to which goodwill may repair/Felix Frankfurter/Cambridge, Mass./January 9, 1933", 7x9.

STANLEY REED Stanley Reed signs a card with the quote "Equal Justice Under Law". Autograph Quotation signed: "'Equal Justice Under Law'/Stanley Reed/July 6, 1947/Washington D. C.", 4½x3½ card. Stanley Reed was U.S. Solicitor General (1935-1938) and presented the government arguments in numerous New Deal cases.

GEORGE SHIRAS, JR. AQS: "George Shiras Jr", 1p, 8x5. Supreme Court stationery, Washington, DC, no date. In full: "'This lesson, sincere, let us two divide,/never to mingle our pleasure or our pride,/with sorrow of the meanest thing that feels'/Wordsworth".