Maxioms by Louis D. Brandeis
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
The most important office ... that of private citizen.
The most important office ... that of private citizen.
Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; read more
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.
Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free
speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. read more
Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression 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.
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.
