The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all,...

Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all,...

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young!

There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young!

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general...

I hate facts. I always say the chief end of man is to form general...

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great...

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great...

Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.

Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how...

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how...

The greatest tragedy in America is not the destruction of our natural resources, though that...

The greatest tragedy in America is not the destruction of our natural resources, though that...

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds...

Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds...

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked.