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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
Louis D. Brandeis
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Louis D. Brandeis
Age: 84 †
Born: 1856
Born: November 13
Died: 1941
Died: October 5
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Louisville
Kentucky
Louis Dembitz Brandeis
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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.
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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.
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Men feared witches and burned women.
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Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders.
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It is one of the greatest economic errors to put any limitation upon production.We have not the power to produce more than there is a potential to consume.
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The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.
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The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.
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There is a spark of idealism within every individual which can be fanned into flame and bring forth extraordinary results.
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There is no great writing, only great rewriting.
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There are no shortcuts in evolution.
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If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold.
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At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and which subjects them to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen.
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Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants electric light the most efficient policeman.
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... fear breeds repression that repression breeds hate that hate menaces stable government that the path of safety lies in the opportunity to discuss freely supposed grievances and proposed remedies and that the fitting remedy for evil counsels is good ones.
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We shall have lost something vital and beyond price on the day when the state denies us the right to resort to force.
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If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.
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If you would venture, let your mind be bold . . . not reckless but bold.
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People fear witches, and burn women.
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The general rule of law is, that the noblest of human productions knowledge, truths ascertained, conceptions and ideas become, after voluntary communication to others, free as the air to common use.
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