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

Quote by Louis D Brandeis

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The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

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...

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...

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 logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

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

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...

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 ancient Greek philosophers were all natural-born dialecticians and Aristotle, the most encyclopaedic intellect among...

The ancient Greek philosophers were all natural-born dialecticians and Aristotle, the most encyclopaedic intellect among...

A few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called critical philosophy...

A few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called critical philosophy...

I am beyond logic and rationality.

I am beyond logic and rationality.

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Logic is one thing, the human animal another. You can quite easily propose a logical...

Logic is one thing, the human animal another. You can quite easily propose a logical...

Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience:...

Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience:...

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would...

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would...

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation...

Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation...

We should not be surprised that we find meaningless noises in the foundation of many...

We should not be surprised that we find meaningless noises in the foundation of many...