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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quotes

American Judge March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935

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We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of superstitious fears which were implanted in his imagination, no matter how utterly his reason may reject them. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
We believed that it was most desirable that the North should win, we believed in the principle that the Union is indissoluable, we, or many of us at least, also believed that the conflict was inevitable, and that slavery had lasted long enough. But we equally believed that those who stood against us held just as sacred conviction that were the opposite of ours, and we respected them as every men with a heart must respect those who give all for their belief. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some..."
People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke."
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God."
The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not..."
The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more..."
The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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. The principle that sustains compulsory vaccination is broad enough to cover cutting the fallopian tubes. Three generations of imbeciles are enough. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to..."
I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "A child's education should begin at least 100 years before he..."
A child's education should begin at least 100 years before he was born. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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 Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "Beware how you take away hope from any human being."
Beware how you take away hope from any human being. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "Even a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being..."
Even a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being stumbled over. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote: "To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and..."
To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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