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Louis D. Brandeis Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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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.



The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.

The only title in our democracy superior to that of President is the title of citizen.



If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.

If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.



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

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



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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.



The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.



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

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



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Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.





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