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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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light...

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

But if God wanted us to think with our wombs, why did he give us...

But if God wanted us to think with our wombs, why did he give us...

The Old Testament is tribal in its provinciality; its god is a local god, and...

The Old Testament is tribal in its provinciality; its god is a local god, and...

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplication,...

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplication,...