Louis D. Brandeis Quotes

America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.

Let no American imagine that Zionism is inconsistent with patriotism. Multiple loyalties are objectionable only if they are inconsistent.

Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.

Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.

Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

The most important political office is that of the... -Louis D. Brandeis

The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

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The quote emphasizes the significance of individual citizens in the political process, suggesting that active and engaged private citizens play a vital role in shaping the course of political affairs.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had be... -Louis D. Brandeis

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

There are no shortcuts in evolution.

If we desire respect for the law, we must first ma... -Louis D. Brandeis

If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.

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This quote suggests that to cultivate respect for the law, it is essential to ensure that the laws themselves are worthy of respect. It implies that laws should be fair, just, and morally upright to garner the respect and compliance of the people they govern.

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 Quotes

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