Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes
Quotes
Politics“Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we think.”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“It is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime, or to let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind.”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“ The minute a phrase, becomes current, it becomes an apology for not thinking accurately to the end of the sentence. ”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“ A mind that is stretched by new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. ”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“ If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it. ”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“ The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done. ”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“ The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic. ”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“ A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used. ”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“ One hopes that by doing quietly and with parade as solid work as one can when one is occupied, on makes the best contribution possible to one's state. ”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“ But the moment you turn a corner you see another straight stretch ahead and there comes some further challenge to your ambition. ”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“ Infinitely more important than the vain attempt to love one's neighbor as one's self. ”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“ We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. ”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“ A goose flies by a chart the Royal Geographic Society could not improve. ”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“ The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen. ”
Oliver Wendell HolmesQuotes
Politics“ I do not see what more there is in your law of contradiction, except to assert that the universe can't make nonsense sense. Even to that I should simply say I don't know. I can't imagine it-but I hardly think that a measure of the possible. ”
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