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

Quote by Louis D Brandeis

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The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said...

Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said...

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They...

Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They...

The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law...

The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law...

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well...

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well...

I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one...

I abhor averages. I like the individual case. A man may have six meals one...

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

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

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

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

I'm no syllogism incarnate, but my wife makes me look like Immanuel Kant.

I'm no syllogism incarnate, but my wife makes me look like Immanuel Kant.

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.

If we consider that all we deal with represents constantly changing sub-microscopic, interrelated processes which...

If we consider that all we deal with represents constantly changing sub-microscopic, interrelated processes which...

Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?

Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?

That Logic has advanced in this sure course, even from the earliest times, is apparent...

That Logic has advanced in this sure course, even from the earliest times, is apparent...

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge

The fact that you cannot kiss your elbow is enough to make you realize that...

The fact that you cannot kiss your elbow is enough to make you realize that...

It is now no mystery that some quite influential philosophers were mentally ill.

It is now no mystery that some quite influential philosophers were mentally ill.

The dialectic is neither fiction nor mysticism, but a science of the forms of our...

The dialectic is neither fiction nor mysticism, but a science of the forms of our...

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end