Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quote

Quote from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.,

"Every idea is an incitement. It offers itself for belief, and if believed it is acted on unless some other belief outweighs it or some failure of energy stifles the movement at its birth. The only difference between the expression of an opinion and an incitement is the speaker’s enthusiasm for the result."

By:	Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (more quotes by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. or books by/about Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.)
	(1841-1935) US Supreme Court Justice, also known as "The Great Dissenter"
Source:	Gitlow v United States, 1922
Categories:	Justice
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