It is very grand to die in harness, but it is very pleasant to have the tight straps … - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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We did not think that [Egyptian President] Nasser wanted war. The two divisions he sent to Sinai on May 14 would not have been sufficient to launch an offensive against Israel. He knew it and we knew it.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

It is very grand to die in harness, but it is very pleasant to have the tight straps unbuckled and the heavy collar lifted from the neck and shoulders.

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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.

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Success. Is not the position where you are standing, but which direction you are going.

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Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked.

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