Maxioms by Louis D. Brandeis
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal -- well-meaning but without understanding.
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal -- well-meaning but without understanding.
Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free
speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. read more
Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression 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.
Privacy is the right to be alone--the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man.
Privacy is the right to be alone--the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man.
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; read more
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.
