128 Quotes by Louis D. Brandeis

The most important office... that of private citizen.

There is no such thing as an innocent purchaser of stocks.

The tax-exempt privilege is a feature always reflected in the market price of [municipal] bonds. The investor pays for it.

Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly.

The function of the press is very high. It is almost holy. It ought to serve as a forum for the people, through which the people may know freely what is going on. To misstate or suppress the news is a breach of trust.

Ownership has been separated from control; and this separation has removed many of the checks which formerly operated to curb the misuse of wealth and power.

History is not life, but since only life makes history, the union of the two is obvious.

Men feared witches and burned women.

Sunshine is the greatest disinfectant