There is a spark of idealism within every individual which can be fanned into flame and bring forth extraordinary results.
Louis D. BrandeisThose who won our independence by revolution were not cowards. They did not fear political change. They did not exalt order at the cost of liberty.
Louis D. BrandeisIf you will just start with the idea that this is a hard world, it will all be much simpler.
Louis D. BrandeisThe progress of science in furnishing the government with means of espionage is not likely to stop with wire tapping. Ways may some day be developed by which the government, without removing papers from secret drawers, can reproduce them in court, and by which it will be enabled to expose to a jury the most intimate occurrences of the home. Advances in the psychic and related sciences may bring means of exploring unexpressed beliefs, thoughts and emotions. 'That places the liberty of every man in the hands of every petty officer' was said by James Otis of much lesser intrusions than these.
Louis D. Brandeis