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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
Disinfectant
Sunshine
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The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.
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The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.
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Those who won our independence by revolution were not cowards.
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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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If you would venture, let your mind be bold . . . not reckless but bold.
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In a democracy, the most important office is the office of citizen
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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.
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To be good Americans, we must be better Jews, and to be better Jews, we must become Zionists.
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