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Life Quotes by Louis D. Brandeis

6 Life quotes by Louis D. Brandeis

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Louis D. Brandeis, known for his legal brilliance, also left a trove of reflections on everyday life. His observations blend civic responsibility with personal integrity, offering readers a chance to see how public duty and private fulfillment intersect in the choices we make each day.

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Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness;…

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History is not life, but since only life makes history, the union of the two is obvious.

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The Jews are a Distinct Nationality regardless of where they live, their station in life or their shades of belief, and his…

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During most of my life, my contact with Jews and Judaism was slight. I gave little thought to their problems, save in…

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If you will just start with the idea that this is a hard world, it will all be much simpler.

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If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.

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Men feared witches and burned women.

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The goose that lays golden eggs has been considered a most valuable possession. But even more profitable is the privilege of taking the golden…

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Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly.

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We gain nothing by trading the tyranny of capital for the tyranny of labor.

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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…

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Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If…

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What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual…

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

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What I have desired to do is to make the people of Boston realize that the most important office, and the one which all…

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

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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…

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I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of…

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Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.

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Let no American imagine that Zionism is inconsistent with patriotism. Multiple loyalties are objectionable only if they are inconsistent.

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“The protection guaranteed by the Amendments is much broader in scope. The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit…

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