“The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.” PresidentDemocracyCitizensSuperiorsTitlesCitizenshipWorld Citizen Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“The US States are our laboratories of democracy.” StatesDemocracyLaboratory Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“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 both.” CountryWisdomHandsGovernmentPoliticalWealthJusticePowerDemocracyEconomicWise WordsCapitalismEconomicsEntrepreneurMiddle ClassDemocracies HaveSocial ClassEconomic InequalityEconomic JusticeVoting And DemocracyMaterial WealthSocial InjusticeSocial DemocracyWealth InequalityEconomic EqualitySocial Inequality 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
“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
“Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties... They valued liberty both as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty... that public discussion is a political duty; and that this should be a fundamental principle of the American government.” MenShouldMeanEndsStatesGovernmentPoliticalSecretLibertyPrinciplesDemocracyDutyIndependenceFundamentalsCourtFinalsDiscussionFacultyAmendmentsFree SpeechFreedom Of SpeechFirst AmendmentAmerican GovernmentFundamental PrinciplesLiberty And JusticeLiberty Of Speech Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“In a democracy, the most important office is the office of citizen” ImportantDemocracyCitizensOffice Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“Subtler and more far-reaching means of invading privacy have become available to the government. Discovery and invention have made it possible for the government, by means far more effective than stretching upon the rack, to obtain disclosure in court of what is whispered in the closet.” WorldMeanMadeGovernmentMoneyDemocracyDiscoveryCourtAvailableInventionSocialismMade ItReachingPrivacyClosetsStretchingRacksDisclosureInvadingDiscovery And Invention Author:Louis D. Brandeis
