Famous quotes by Jurists

Small: Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
"Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God"
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Jurist
Small: The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
"The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract"
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Jurist
Small: People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
"People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail"
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Jurist
Small: Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
"Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him"
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Jurist
Small: If only people who are ideologically committed to a particular outcome argued to the courts, the law would be
"If only people who are ideologically committed to a particular outcome argued to the courts, the law would be worse off"
Charles Fried, Jurist
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