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
Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share
We gain nothing by trading the tyranny of capital for the tyranny of labor. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share
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
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
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
Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share
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
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share
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
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
Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share
Let no American imagine that Zionism is inconsistent with patriotism. Multiple loyalties are objectionable only if they are inconsistent. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share
“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
