Quotes Library

September 24, 2025

In the end, it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.

Learned Hand (1872–1961), American jurist, O.W. Holmes Lecture, Harvard, 1958, Seldes p.174

Is there no middle ground here?

Perhaps, as Jefferson [vide July 4] said of rebellion, a little dissent is a good thing now and then, but even more so.

November 7, 2025

12 months ago

Europeans often ask and Americans do not often explain, how it happens that this great office [the presidency]

July 6, 2025

1 year ago

If you are seeking the favor of men, be careful never to give a flat refusal to anyone who makes a request of you.

December 17, 2025

11 months ago

Men in high places, from having less personal interest in the characters of others—being safe from them—are commonly less acute observers,

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