Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quote

"Young man, the secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered that I was not God."

by:	Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) US Supreme Court Justice, also known as "The Great Dissenter"
Source:	On his 90th birthday to a journalist (8 March 1931), as quoted in�Information 2000: Library and Information Services for the 21st Century, Vol. 1991,�Part 2 (1992) by the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, p. 272.
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Reader comments about this quote:

The idea that the government is to solve all our problems seems to equate our government leaders with god-like powers and wisdom. When men attempt to do the work of God, we invariably get the devil. -- E Archer, NYC 3
Archer, well said. The quote does not represent how he voted while on the Supreme Court - I guess he discovered he was god / devil after all. -- Mike, Norwalk 2
Applies to some politicians today. They think that they are up there with God and his Angels and that they are just as important. -- Robert Otto, San Antonio 1
-- Mary, MI
-- jim k, Austin