“At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and which subjects them to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen.” GovernmentLawLyingLibertyPrinciplesSubjectsPositionCitizensFoundationDenyCommandCivil RightsOfficialsExceptionalCivil LibertiesGovernment OfficialsLaw Courts Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“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.” ImportantCitizensOfficeCitizenship Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.” PresidentDemocracyCitizensSuperiorsTitlesCitizenshipWorld Citizen Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.” MenWellsWarStatesGovernmentPeaceUnderstandingFreedomLibertyDangerCitizensLibertarianPrivacyAnti WarAntiwarAmendmentsRulersFirst AmendmentGoverningZealFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyCivil LibertiesProperty RightsLimited GovernmentRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsInsidiousLimiting GovernmentRights And FreedomsLibertarian PartyFounding Fathers GunLimited Freedom2 AmendmentUnited States GovernmentEncroachmentEternal VigilanceGreat LibertarianLiberty And JusticeAmerica FreedomPrice Of FreedomSupreme Court JusticeLimiting FreedomGreat FreedomAmendment 1Government PolicyFourth AmendmentGovernment And PoliticsFreedom To ReadLaw CourtsAmendment 4Controlling GovernmentLiberty And Justice For AllSecurity And FreedomJustice TruthDivided GovernmentConflicting OpinionsWrits Of Assistance Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.” GovernmentPurposeLibertyTeachCitizensProtectLibertarianPrivacyAmendmentsRulersFirst AmendmentGoverningFreedom And LibertyFree SocietyFreedom LibertyCivil LibertiesProperty RightsLimited GovernmentVigilanceRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsInsidiousLimiting GovernmentRights And FreedomsLibertarian PartyFounding Fathers GunLimited FreedomEncroachmentEternal VigilanceLiberty And JusticePrice Of FreedomSupreme Court JusticeLimiting FreedomAmendment 1Government PolicyFourth AmendmentGovernment And PoliticsFreedom To ReadGovernment PoliticsLaw CourtsControlling GovernmentLiberty And Justice For AllSecurity And FreedomPurpose Of GovernmentJustice TruthDivided GovernmentConflicting OpinionsWrits Of Assistance Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“The most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen.” ImportantPoliticalHousePoliticsDemocracyCitizensOfficeVoting Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.” IfsTryingMayCountryStatesPoliticalSocialNovelRiskEconomicCitizensExperimentsCourageousIncidentsLaboratory Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“In a democracy, the most important office is the office of citizen” ImportantDemocracyCitizensOffice Author:Louis D. Brandeis