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Tag: Louis Brandeis

(1856-1941) US Supreme Court Justice

The greatest dangers to liberty

Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government’s purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.

Author Greg RavenPosted on February 22, 2016November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories libertyTags Louis Brandeis

Crime is contagious

Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law breaker, it breeds contempt for the law.

Author Greg RavenPosted on August 17, 2009November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories corruptionTags Louis Brandeis

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