Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties... They valued liberty both as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty... that public discussion is a political duty; and that this should be a fundamental principle of the American government.
The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen. - Louis D. Brandeis
The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.
- Louis D. Brandeis
The function of the press is very high. It is almost holy. It ought to serve as a forum for the people, through which the people may know freely what… - Louis D. Brandeis
The function of the press is very high. It is almost holy. It ought to serve as a forum for the people, through which the people may know freely what…
The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen. - Louis D. Brandeis
The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.
Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. - Louis D. Brandeis
Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.
If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied … - Louis D. Brandeis
If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied …
Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man… - Louis D. Brandeis
Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man…
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both. - Louis D. Brandeis
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people. - Louis D. Brandeis
The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturall… - Louis D. Brandeis
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturall…
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