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It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.
Louis D. Brandeis
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Louis D. Brandeis
Age: 84 †
Born: 1856
Born: November 13
Died: 1941
Died: October 5
Judge
Lawyer
Louisville
Kentucky
Louis Dembitz Brandeis
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Fears
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Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties.
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People fear witches, and burn women.
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If you will just start with the idea that this is a hard world, it will all be much simpler.
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Strong, responsible unions are essential to industrial fair play. Without them the labor bargain is wholly one-sided.
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I think all of our human Experience shows that no one with absolute power can be trusted to give it up even in part
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In business, the earning of profit is something more than an incident of success. It is an essential condition of success. It is an essential condition of success because the continued absence of profit itself spells failure.
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The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.
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