Maxioms by Louis D. Brandeis
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by read more
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is
contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds
contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto
himself; it invites anarchy.
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It read more
Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
Privacy is the right to be alone--the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man.
Privacy is the right to be alone--the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.
It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens read more
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; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.
