"The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes." ― Felix Frankfurter Topic(s): Power More From Felix Frankfurter "The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind." "To some lawyers, all facts are created equal." "Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man." More In Power "Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere."― Benjamin F. Wade "Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be."― Alice Walker "There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands."― Plato