Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

Quote by Louis D Brandeis

Topics: Happiness Quotes, Liberty Quotes

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.

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 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...

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 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 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.

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...

Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin...

Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin...

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason

The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason

Reason is a faculty far larger than mere objective force. When either the political or...

Reason is a faculty far larger than mere objective force. When either the political or...

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable...

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be mans guide in the...

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be mans guide in the...

The reason people blame things on previous generations is that there's only one other choice.

The reason people blame things on previous generations is that there's only one other choice.

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition...