Soldier, senator, and jurist (1890–1965) who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1949 to 1956, whose liberal politics but conservative legal opinions made him a a peacemaker between the Court’s opposing factions. ALS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Supreme Court letterhead, December 23, 1953. Thoughtful response to an admirer. In part: “One of my favorite quotations, to be kept in mind especially in these times, is from that scholar-statesman Woodrow Wilson. He said ‘Liberty has never come from the government…the history of liberty is the history of the limitations of government power, not the increase of it.’ For instance the Bill of Rights. So our problem is to give government enough power to protect our liberties but not enough to strangle them. A real job for statesmen!” Toned tape remnants to the top, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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