Louis Brandeis Quotes
Most popular Louis Brandeis Quotes

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

Power must always feel the check of power.

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

Perseverance is a great and necessary virtue.

The most important political office is that of private citizen.

The right to be let alone is the right most valued by civilized man.

If we desire respect for law, we must first make the law respectable.

If we would guide by the light of reason, we must let our minds be bold.

The right to be let alone—the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.

Your yachtsman would lose much of his enjoyment if he were obliged to do for pay what he is doing for the love of the thing itself.