“Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. To declare that in the administration of the criminal law the end justifies the means - to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal - would bring terrible retributions.” PeopleIfsMenMayMeanEndsWholeGovernmentLawOrderLibertyTeachTeacherCrimeExampleTerribleIllConvictionCriminalsEvery ManCommitSecureAdministrationJustifyAnarchyContemptInvitesContagiousRetributionLiberty And JusticeCriminal LawEnds Justify The MeansConflicting Opinions Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“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.” PeopleIfsMenWholeGovernmentLawPoliticalPoliticsChangeTeachExampleEvery ManAnarchyContemptInvitesLiberty And JusticeLaw And JusticeLaw CourtsLaws And GovernmentBest LawyerBelligerenceConflicting Opinions 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
“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.” MayMeanEndsGovernmentLawOrderCrimeTerribleConvictionCriminalsCommitSecureAdministrationJustifyRetributionCriminal JusticeLiberty And JusticeCriminal LawLaw CourtsEnds Justify The MeansConflicting Opinions Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.” WisdomActionLyingOpinionExpressionPromiseConflictFrankConflicting Opinions Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.” MenShouldWellsGovernmentPurposeEvilPoliticsUnderstandingBornFreedomLibertyTeachDangerProtectIndependentPrivacyAmendmentsRulersInvasionZealFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyCivil LibertiesBearing ArmsInsidiousLurkingRights And FreedomsGuardingEncroachmentLiberty And JusticePrice Of FreedomBeneficenceInvasion Of PrivacyFourth AmendmentSecurity And FreedomRulershipEvil GovernmentConflicting OpinionsRepelling Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“Crime is contagious....if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law.” IfsWarGovernmentLawDemocracyCrimeDrugContemptUsersContagiousPower CorruptsLiberty And JusticeCriminal LawLaw CourtsEnds Justify The MeansPower And CorruptionConflicting Opinions Author:Louis D. Brandeis
