“The progress of science in furnishing the government with means of espionage is not likely to stop with wire tapping. Ways may some day be developed by which the government, without removing papers from secret drawers, can reproduce them in court, and by which it will be enabled to expose to a jury the most intimate occurrences of the home. Advances in the psychic and related sciences may bring means of exploring unexpressed beliefs, thoughts and emotions. 'That places the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer' was said by James Otis of much lesser intrusions than these.” WayMayHomeGovernmentSecretSecurityPaperCourtIntimateSomedayPapersJuryDrawers Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“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
“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.” MayEvilOpportunityJusticeClearDangerSpeechDiscussionJustifyFree SpeechFreedom Of SpeechEmergenciesRepressionIncidence Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“The function of the press is very high. It is almost holy. It ought to serve as a forum for the people, through which the people may know freely what is going on. To misstate or suppress the news is a breach of trust.” PeopleKnowsMayOughtHolyNewsFunctionPressesForumsBreachBreach Of Trust 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
“I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one day and none the next, making an average of three meals per day, but that is not a good way to live.” MenWayMayFunnyThreeNextIndividualCasesFoodOne DaySixHumorousAverageMealsStatisticsGood DayGood WayWay To Live Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“The constitutional right of free speech has been declared to be the same in peace and war. In peace, too, men may differ widely as to what loyalty to our country demands, and an intolerant majority, swayed by passion or by fear, may be prone in the future, as it has been in the past, to stamp as disloyal opinions with which it disagrees.” MenMayHas BeensWarCountryPastPassionFreedomLibertyOpinionDemandSpeechMajorityLoyaltyOur CountryNationalismDisagreeFree SpeechStampsDisloyal 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
