The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in which direction we are moving.
Oliver Wendell Jr. Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932. Holmes is one of the most widely cited and influential Supreme Court justices in American history, noted for his long tenure on the Court and for his pithy opinions – particularly those on civil liberties and American constitutional democracy – and deference to the decisions of elected legislatures. Holmes retired from the Court at the age of 90, an unbeaten record for oldest justice on the Supreme Court. He previously served the Union as a brevet colonel in the American Civil War, as an associate justice and chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and as Weld Professor of Law at his alma mater, Harvard Law School. His positions, distinctive personality, and writing style made him a popular figure, especially with American progressives.
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If a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has the worse for his patient.
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A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.
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A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimension.
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A man's mind, stretched by new ideas, may never reurn to it's original dimensions.
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The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.
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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
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The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.
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To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
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