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Find important quotes and citations by the author Louis Dembitz Brandeis.
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The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.Quote 2160
Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wondersMore quotes on the topics: future mankind eternity heaven faith wonder laziness
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Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficentMore quotes on the topics: experience protection liberty benefit
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If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectableMore quotes on the topics: intentions law changes aims desires respect
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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 retributionMore quotes on the topics: crime law conviction retribution
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The logic of words should yield to the logic of realitiesMore quotes on the topics: speech ideology reality progress decision
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Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policemanMore quotes on the topics: publicity disease dependence value
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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 mountainsMore quotes on the topics: courage success effort self-confidence decision
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The most important political office is that of the private citizenMore quotes on the topics: value importance mankind politics
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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 anarchyMore quotes on the topics: example law dependence crime progress risk danger
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We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himselfMore quotes on the topics: temperament opinion conviction success personality
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The right to be alone, the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized manMore quotes on the topics: individualism right loneliness value mankind civilization
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If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be boldQuote 2148
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 bothMore quotes on the topics: democracy wealth decision choice preference
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There are no shortcuts in evolutionMore quotes on the topics: progress lifetime fortune changes development
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In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.More quotes on the topics: opinion critism wisdom action liberty courage
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Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerenceMore quotes on the topics: superficiality opinion responsibility liabilities fault
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Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgementMore quotes on the topics: organisation substitute judgment
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Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of libertyMore quotes on the topics: independence liberty secret happiness courage
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Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were doneMore quotes on the topics: world impossibility development success worth