The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

Quote by Louis D Brandeis

Topics: Apathy Quotes, Freedom Quotes

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 most important political office is that of the private citizen.

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....

Doubly happy, however, is the man whom lofty mountain tops are within reach, for the...

Doubly happy, however, is the man whom lofty mountain tops are within reach, for the...

But I have to say, probably when I'm about 30 I'll be pretty, not settled,...

But I have to say, probably when I'm about 30 I'll be pretty, not settled,...

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We...

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We...

Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower

Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state. We must be doing something to be happy

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state. We must be doing something to be happy

To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed...

To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed...

When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true...

And let it be said that love is like a river that flows deep into...

And let it be said that love is like a river that flows deep into...

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element...

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element...

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary,...

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary,...