I dare say that I have worked off my fundamental formula on you that the chief end of man is to frame general propositions and that no general proposition is worth a damn.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.The history of intellectual growth and discovery clearly demonstrates the need for unfettered freedom, the right to think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable. To curtail free expression strikes twice at intellectual freedom, for whoever deprives another of the right to state unpopular views necessarily also deprives others of the right to listen to those views.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.