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Louis D. Brandeis

Louis D. Brandeis

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American Supreme Court Justice (1856-1941)

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Born

November 13, 1856

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Died

October 5, 1941

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Birthplace

Louisville

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Nationality

United States

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Spouse(s)

Alice Goldmark Brandeis
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"In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action."

Louis D. Brandeis

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Wisdom
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"Behind every argument is someone's ignorance."

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Rage
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"Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression 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."

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

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Legal and Justice
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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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"The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding."

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Men
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"The most important political office is that of the private citizen."

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Politics
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"There are no shortcuts in evolution."

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"Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty."

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Courage and Bravery
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