List of Louis D. Brandeis Quotes

Those Who Won Our Independence By Revolution Were Not Cowards.

Nearly All Legislation Involves A Weighing Of Public Needs As Against Private Desires; And Likewise A Weighing Of Relative Social Values.

Publicity Is Justly Commended As A Remedy For Social And Industrial Diseases.

There Is No Such Thing As An Innocent Purchaser Of Stocks.

People Fear Witches, And Burn Women.

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.

What I Have Desired To Do Is To Make The People Of Boston Realize That The Most Important Office, And The One Which All Of Us Can And Should Fill, Is That Of Private Citizen.

If You Would Venture, Let Your Mind Be Bold . . . Not Reckless But Bold.

Anyone Who Critically Analyzes A Business Learns This: That The Success Or Failure Of An Enterprise Depends Usually Upon One Man.

No Danger Flowing From Speech Can Be Deemed Clear And Present Unless The Incidence Of The Evil Apprehended Is So Imminent That It May Befall Before There Is An Opportunity For Full Discussion. Only An Emergency Can Justify Repression.

Sunshine Is The Best Disinfectant

If You Will Just Start With The Idea That This Is A Hard World, It Will All Be Much Simpler.