The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is...

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is...

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should...

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should...

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you...

You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you...

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you...

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you...

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we...

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we...

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that...

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that...

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth...

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth...

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be...