Louis D. Brandeis quotes
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.
~ Louis D. Brandeis (November 13, 1856 - October 05, 1941)
Keywords: encroachment, greatest, insidious, liberty, lurk, men, understanding, well-meaning, zeal
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Our government teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
~ Louis D. Brandeis (November 13, 1856 - October 05, 1941)
Topics: Anarchy, Government, Law and lawyers
Keywords: anarchy, become, contempt, every, example, government, law, lawbreaker, man, people, whole
Site waves: Change, Government, life, Life truths, Politics
Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
~ Louis D. Brandeis (November 13, 1856 - October 05, 1941)
Keywords: at times, belligerence, graver, neutrality, sin
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The most important political office is that of the private citizen.
~ Louis D. Brandeis (November 13, 1856 - October 05, 1941)
Keywords: important, office, political, private citizen
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.
~ Louis D. Brandeis (November 13, 1856 - October 05, 1941)
Topics: Democracy
Keywords: a few, concentrated, country, democracy, great, hands, in this, wealth
Site waves: Democracy, General Quotes, Government, Law Quotes
Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.
~ Louis D. Brandeis (November 13, 1856 - October 05, 1941)
Topics: Judgement
Keywords: initiative, judgement, organisation, substitute
Site waves: Initiative
America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered.
~ Louis D. Brandeis (November 13, 1856 - October 05, 1941)
Topics: America and Americans, Belief
Keywords: advanced, America, belief, differentiation, happiness, human, not, path, progress, uniformity
Site waves: Belief, Diversity, Government
The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.
~ Louis D. Brandeis (November 13, 1856 - October 05, 1941)
Topics: Logic
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Organization can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgment.
~ Louis D. Brandeis (November 13, 1856 - October 05, 1941)
Keywords: initiative, judgment, organization, substitute
The right to be alone / the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man.
~ Louis D. Brandeis (November 13, 1856 - October 05, 1941)
Keywords: alone, civilized, comprehensive, man, right, valued
Site waves: Government
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