Quotes by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Every man is an omnibus in which his ancestors ride. >>

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should >>

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, con >>

Quotations about Democracy

I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody >>

Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the >>

Democracy! Bah! When I hear that word I reach for my feather Boa! >>

The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand the vote that shakes the turrets of the land.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell