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Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Louis D. Brandeis was a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, known for his contributions to law and social justice. He was born on November 13, 1856, and died on October 5, 1941.

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“It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.”

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Book:Brandeis at 150: the Louisville perspective : a sesquicentennial commemoration

Source: Brandeis at 150: the Louisville perspective : a sesquicentennial commemoration

“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.”

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“Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly.”

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“Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.”

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“If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.”

“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.”

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Author:Louis D. Brandeis

About the Author

Born: November 13, 1856
Died: October 5, 1941
Known for: Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Quotes: 92

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