It will need more than the Nineteenth Amendment to convince me that there are no differences between men and women, or that legislation cannot take those differences into account.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Tag: Quote of the Day
17JUN2022 – Quote of the Day
Three generations of imbeciles are enough.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
16JUN2022 – Quote of the Day
Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
15JUN2022 – Quote of the Day
The great act of faith is when a man decides that he is not God.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
14JUN2022 – Quote of the Day
Constitutions are intended to preserve practical and substantial rights, not to maintain theories.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
13JUN2022 – Quote of the Day
State interference is an evil, where it cannot be shown to be a good.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
12JUN2022 – Quote of the Day
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
11JUN2022 – Quote of the Day
I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy — I don’t disparage envy but I don’t accept it as legitimately my master.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
10JUN2022 – Quote of the Day
Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
09JUN2022 – Quote of the Day
The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent.
John Haynes Holmes