Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power."

by:	Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) US Supreme Court Justice, also known as "The Great Dissenter"
Date:	1913
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Read "Passage of Power" by Robert Carp to understand this. -- Cal, Lewisville, TX
-- jim k, Austin, Tx
Do not care for his views on natural law. Find him to be anti constitutional. ( much cared for ) is to general and lumps all into one basket. -- watchman 13, USA
Don't forget human sacrifice, they seem to enjoy that, as well (military/pharmaceutical/IMF/WTO/NSA/etc.). -- Matthew, Peoples Republik of Kalifornia
watchman 13 - I agree -- Mike, Norwalk