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> [ \[Louis\] Brandeis had a very distinctive vision of political economy that he persuaded Woodrow Wilson to adopt in the 1912 election and that he largely enacted from the bench. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/louis-brandeis-had-a-very-distinctive-vision-of-political-economy/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

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> [Initially the papers said that the fact that Louis Brandeis was picked because he was Jewish. The New York Sun said he's the first Jew ever picked for the bench - a long and bitter fight expected in the Senate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/initially-the-papers-said-that-the-fact-that-louis-brandeis-was/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

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## More by Jeffrey Rosen

> [Privacy is not for the passive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/privacy-is-not-for-the-passive/)

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> [ I'd say that \[Louis\] Brandeis practiced a kind of a "living originalism," to use the title of Jack Balkin's great book. He said you… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/i-d-say-that-louis-brandeis-practiced-a-kind-of-a-living-originalism/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

> [ Louis Brandeis really inspired me to write this book \[Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet\]. It was a crazy deadline. The editor said I'd miss… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/louis-brandeis-really-inspired-me-to-write-this-book-louis-d-brandeis/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

> [ He's \[Louis Brandais\] so suspicious of bigness in government as well as business that he mistrusts even really top-down reforms at the state level.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/he-s-louis-brandais-so-suspicious-of-bigness-in-government-as-well-as/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

> [Louis Brandeis started off by embracing the Theodore Roosevelt notion that hyphenated Americanism was unpatriotic. You couldn't have dual loyalties. But then he thinks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/louis-brandeis-started-off-by-embracing-the-theodore-roosevelt-notion/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

> [It can sound trite if you just say citizens need to be educated for democracy to work, but for him it wasn't trite. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/it-can-sound-trite-if-you-just-say-citizens-need-to-be-educated-for/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

> [ They said, OK, nine \[Louis\] Brandeis's is too much, but one is OK. So, with friends like that, and so forth. But, yes, the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/they-said-ok-nine-louis-brandeis-s-is-too-much-but-one-is-ok-so-with/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

> [Why I find Louis Brandeis so exciting and inspiring because he's teaching us - good legal writing is not a matter of taste, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/why-i-find-louis-brandeis-so-exciting-and-inspiring-because-he-s/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

> [ Basically \[Louise\] Brandeis was a Jeffersonian. And you say the timing is great, and it is in a lot of senses, except not for… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/basically-louise-brandeis-was-a-jeffersonian-and-you-say-the-timing/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

> [ It's unfortunate that \[Louis\] Brandeis was not able to translate or abstract his devotion to cultural pluralism and racial equality as he put it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/it-s-unfortunate-that-louis-brandeis-was-not-able-to-translate-or/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

> [ \[Louis Brandeis\] at the age of 57 decided to become the head of the American Zionist movement was more influential than anyone else in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/louis-brandeis-at-the-age-of-57-decided-to-become-the-head-of-the/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

> [ For \[Louis\] Brandeis, you know, ethnicity and background are much less important than facts and reason. And he believes that far from wanting to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/for-louis-brandeis-you-know-ethnicity-and-background-are-much-less/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

> [ \[Louis\] Brandeis had a very distinctive vision of political economy that he persuaded Woodrow Wilson to adopt in the 1912 election and that he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/louis-brandeis-had-a-very-distinctive-vision-of-political-economy/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

> [ What is so inspiring about \[Louis\] Brandeis's writing is he saw it as a tool for democratic education. He would say things like the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/what-is-so-inspiring-about-louis-brandeis-s-writing-is-he-saw-it-as-a/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

> [ \[Oliver Wendell\] Holmes never believed in the truth and morality of the laws he was upholding. He said, "I loathe the thick-fingered clowns we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/oliver-wendell-holmes-never-believed-in-the-truth-and-morality-of-the/)

[Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-rosen/)

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