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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

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...

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that...

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that...

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a...

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a...

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in...

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in...

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

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...

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

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

Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true.

Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

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.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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...

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our...

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our...