Louis D. Brandeis Quotes

To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution.

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.

Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.

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

Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven’s wonders.

In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.

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

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