Louis D. Brandeis

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

— Louis D. Brandeis

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Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

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

— Louis D. Brandeis

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The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

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

— Louis D. Brandeis

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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. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

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

— Louis D. Brandeis

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If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

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There are no shortcuts in evolution. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

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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

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