“[Louis] Brandeis, like [Tomas] Jefferson, is an equal opportunity critic of bigness. And he, like Jefferson, sees American history as this incredible clash between small producers, farmers, and small business people on the one hand, and wicked oligarchs and financiers and monopolists on the other.” PeopleHandsOpportunityEqualCriticsIncrediblesProducersWickedFarmersAmerican HistorySmall BusinessClashEqual OpportunityFinanciersLouis BrandeisTomas Jefferson Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“[Oliver Wendell] Holmes never believed in the truth and morality of the laws he was upholding. He said, "I loathe the thick-fingered clowns we call the people."” PeopleSaidLawMoralityThickClownHolmesLoathe Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“We need to protect the same amount of cognitive liberty in an age where you can invade people's thoughts without physically intruding into their homes than you did at the time of the framing.” PeopleNeedsHomeAgeLibertyAmountProtectCognitiveFraming Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“It's unfortunate that [Louis] Brandeis was not able to translate or abstract his devotion to cultural pluralism and racial equality as he put it for Jews to enslave people and their descendants and to African Americans.” PeopleAbleJewDevotionAfrican AmericanAbstractTranslateUnfortunateDescendantsPluralismLouis BrandeisRacial Equality Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“When I was in law school I was taught that the great writers were people like [Oliver Wendell] Holmes Jr. and [Benjamin N.] Cardozo. But you go back and read their prose and it's sort of perfumed and very ornate and show-offy. And they're constantly striving for these abstractions that seem archaic nowadays.” PeopleShowsSeemsSchoolLawTaughtStriveProseAbstractionIn-lawsHolmesGreat WritersLaw School Author:Jeffrey Rosen
