Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man.
It involves the necessity for perpetual choice
which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded."

by:	Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1841-1935) US Supreme Court Justice, also known as "The Great Dissenter"
Source:	Elsie Venner, 1861
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Categories:	Freedom, Justice, Liberty, Proverbs, Responsibility
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Reader comments about this quote:

We don't need to be burdened by having to make choices. The wonderful and kindhearted experts inside the beltway make them for us. -- jim k, Austin, Tx
-- watchman 13, USA
jim, exactly ! -- Mike, Norwalk
I haven't dreaded it! I am still fighting to keep it! -- E Archer, NYC