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> [ \[Tomas\] Jefferson is more out of fashion, both because of his views on race, where he's properly questioned, that part of his legacy, but also because the libertarian critique of bigness in business and government, the idea that size is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/tomas-jefferson-is-more-out-of-fashion-both-because-of-his-views-on/)

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

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> [ Justice Jefferson has a blind spot on race. You know, more than a blind spot. A terrible blemish on his legacy, slavery, for which he's properly excoriated. So, I think \[Louis\] Brandeis has done this as well. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-rosen/justice-jefferson-has-a-blind-spot-on-race-you-know-more-than-a-blind/)

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

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## Other authors on Jefferson

## More by Jeffrey Rosen

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

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

> [ 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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