It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country. Louis D. Brandeis More Quotes by Louis D. Brandeis More Quotes From Louis D. Brandeis We shall have lost something vital and beyond price on the day when the state denies us the right to resort to force. Louis D. Brandeis denylosttime Repression breeds hate; hate menaces stable government. Louis D. Brandeis menacegovernmenthate No system of regulation can safely be substituted for the operation of individual liberty as expressed in competition. Louis D. Brandeis regulationcompetitionliberty History is not life, but since only life makes history, the union of the two is obvious. Louis D. Brandeis obviousunionstwo There is no good writing; there is only good rewriting. Louis D. Brandeis rewritinggood-writingwriting The best of wages will not compensate for excessively long working hours which undermine heath. Louis D. Brandeis unionswageslong In differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. Louis D. Brandeis differentiationprogresslying We gain nothing by trading the tyranny of capital for the tyranny of labor. Louis D. Brandeis gainspoliticswisdom The US States are our laboratories of democracy. Louis D. Brandeis laboratorydemocracystates I think all of our human Experience shows that no one with absolute power can be trusted to give it up even in part Louis D. Brandeis human-experiencegivingthinking There is no such thing as an innocent purchaser of stocks. Louis D. Brandeis purchasersinnocentfinance The general rule of law is, that the noblest of human productions knowledge, truths ascertained, conceptions and ideas become, after voluntary communication to others, free as the air to common use. Louis D. Brandeis communicationlawair Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Louis D. Brandeis publicitydiseasesocial Anyone who critically analyzes a business learns this: that the success or failure of an enterprise depends usually upon one man. Louis D. Brandeis success-or-failureenterprisemen Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement. Louis D. Brandeis substitutesinitiativejudgement What I have desired to do is to make the people of Boston realize that the most important office, and the one which all of us can and should fill, is that of private citizen. Louis D. Brandeis citizensofficeimportant Sunshine is the best disinfectant Louis D. Brandeis investingsunshine People fear witches, and burn women. Louis D. Brandeis libertarianlibertypeople Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence. Louis D. Brandeis belligerenceneutralitysin It is one of the greatest economic errors to put any limitation upon production.We have not the power to produce more than there is a potential to consume. Louis D. Brandeis errorspoliticswisdom
