When those of Jewish blood exhibit moral or intellectual superiority, genius or special talent, we feel pride in them, even if they… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
To be good Americans, we must be better Jews, and to be better Jews, we must become Zionists. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
The Jews are a Distinct Nationality regardless of where they live, their station in life or their shades of belief, and his… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
During most of my life, my contact with Jews and Judaism was slight. I gave little thought to their problems, save in… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
It is not wealth, it is not station, it is not social standing and ambition which can make us worthy of the… — 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
Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
Let no American imagine that Zionism is inconsistent with patriotism. Multiple loyalties are objectionable only if they are inconsistent. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
“The protection guaranteed by the Amendments is much broader in scope. The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
