Best Louis D. Brandeis Quotes
- Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. Anger
- Crime is contagious....if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law. Becomes
- There is no great writing, only great rewriting. Great
- Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties . . .… American
- Democracy is moral before it is political. Democracy
- It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory;… Choose
- If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. Easier
- The makers of our Constitution . . . conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone - the most comprehensive of rights… Alone
- Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence. Belligerence
- I rise early because no day is long enough for a day's work. Day
- In business, the earning of profit is something more than an incident of success. It is an essential condition of success. It is an essential… Absence
- If you will just start with the idea that this is a hard world, it will all be much simpler. All
- Nearly all legislation involves a weighing of public needs as against private desires; and likewise a weighing of relative social values. All
- No system of regulation can safely be substituted for the operation of individual liberty as expressed in competition. Competition
- Strong responsible unions are essential to industrial fair play. Without them the labor bargain is wholly one-sided. Bargain
- There is a spark of idealism within every individual which can be fanned into flame and bring forth extraordinary results. Bring
- Strong, responsible unions are essential to industrial fair play. Without them the labor bargain is wholly one-sided. The parties to the labor contract must be… Bargain
- The old idea of a good bargain was a transaction in which one man got the better of another. The new idea of a good… Bargain
- If you would venture, let your mind be bold . . . not reckless but bold. Bold
- Those who won our independence by revolution were not cowards. They did not fear political change. They did not exalt order at the cost of… Change
- We learned long ago that liberty could be preserved only by limiting in some way the freedom of action of individuals; that otherwise liberty would… Absolutism
- Sunshine is the best disinfectant Best
- No one can really pull you up very high - you lose your grip on the rope. But on your own two feet you can… Climb
- In a democracy, the most important office is the office of citizen Citizen
- The Jews are a Distinct Nationality regardless of where they live, their station in life or their shades of belief, and his clarion call to… All