What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
“We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness;… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Subtler and more far-reaching means of invading privacy have become available to the government. Discovery and invention have made it possible for… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Crime is contagious....if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
In a democracy, the most important office is the office of citizen — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
The goose that lays golden eggs has been considered a most valuable possession. But even more profitable is the privilege of taking the golden… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
We gain nothing by trading the tyranny of capital for the tyranny of labor. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
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… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
What I have desired to do is to make the people of Boston realize that the most important office, and the one which all… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
