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"The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power." -
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Top 5 quotes from Oliver Wendell Holmes
"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."
"If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate."
"Old age is fifteen years older than I am."
"When in doubt, do it."
"The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort."
Top 5 quotes from Miscellaneous
"Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness."
"Sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities."
"The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you."
"As far as I am concerned now, I have no enemies in the press whatsoever."
"Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity."
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