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If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis

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

Respect, Law, Legal, Desire, First, Must

The most important political office is that of the private citizen. - Louis D. Brandeis

The most important political office is that of the private citizen. Louis D. Brandeis

Politics, Political, Important, Office

If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. Louis D. Brandeis

Life, Life Is Hard, You, Hard Things

What is Americanization? It manifests itself, in a superficial way, when the immigrant adopts the clothes, the manners and the customs generally prevailing here. Far more important is the manifestation presented when he substitutes for his mother tongue the English language as the common medium of speech. Louis D. Brandeis

Mother, Tongue, Language, Clothes, More

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself. Louis D. Brandeis

Man, Tone, Temper, Analyze, Which, Won

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence. Louis D. Brandeis

Sin, Neutrality, Than, Times

Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. Louis D. Brandeis

Man, Government, Law, People, Anarchy

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. Louis D. Brandeis

Fear, History, Women, Alone, Men, Free

Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement. Louis D. Brandeis

Initiative, Judgement, Never, Substitute

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both. Louis D. Brandeis

Great, Democracy, Hands, Wealth, Country

There are no shortcuts in evolution. - Louis D. Brandeis

There are no shortcuts in evolution. Louis D. Brandeis

Science, Evolution, Shortcuts

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. Louis D. Brandeis

History, World, Impossible, Doing, Done

Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization. Louis D. Brandeis

Life, Happiness, Opportunity, Men, Will

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. Louis D. Brandeis

Happiness, Courage, End, Independence

What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty; and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice. Louis D. Brandeis

Good, Justice, Democracy, American, Own

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance. Louis D. Brandeis

Ignorance, Anger, Argument, Someone

Let no American imagine that Zionism is inconsistent with patriotism. Multiple loyalties are objectionable only if they are inconsistent. Louis D. Brandeis

Patriotism, American, Imagine, Only

Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders. Louis D. Brandeis

Men, Long, Heaven, Nothing, Wonders

The difference between a nation and a nationality is clear, but it is not always observed. Likeness between members is the essence of nationality, but the members of a nation may be very different. A nation may be composed of many nationalities, as some of the most successful nations are. Louis D. Brandeis

Successful, Nation, Difference, Clear

However great his outward conformity, the immigrant is not Americanized unless his interests and affections have become deeply rooted here. And we properly demand of the immigrant even more than this. He must be brought into complete harmony with our ideals and aspirations and cooperate with us for their attainment. Louis D. Brandeis

Great, Harmony, More, Conformity, Become

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. Louis D. Brandeis

Best, Light, Sunlight, Said, Electric

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

Men, Understanding, Meaning, Liberty

America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered. Louis D. Brandeis

Happiness, Path, Progress, America, Lies

During most of my life, my contact with Jews and Judaism was slight. I gave little thought to their problems, save in asking myself, from time to time, whether we were showing by our lives due appreciation of the opportunities which this hospitable country affords. My approach to Zionism was through Americanism. Louis D. Brandeis

Life, Time, Myself, Appreciation

Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. Louis D. Brandeis

Experience, Government, Liberty, Protect

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

Light, Bold, Minds, Reason, Guide, Must

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