Louis D. Brandeis Quotes

“The general rule of law is, that the noblest of human productions -- knowledge, truths ascertained, conceptions, and ideas -- become, after voluntary communication to others, free as the air to common use."~Louis D. Brandeis”

“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 mountains.”

“Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficient.”

“True human progress is based less on the inventive mind than on the conscience of such men as Brandeis.~ Albert Einstein”

“Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.”

“In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.”

“To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution.”

“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.”

“The most important political office is that of the private citizen.”

“Let no American imagine that Zionism is inconsistent with patriotism. Multiple loyalties are objectionable only if they are inconsistent.”