Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Quote

The history of most countries has been that of majorities—mounted majorities, clad in iron, armed with death, treading down the ten-fold more numerous minorities.


speech to the Massachusetts Medical Society, May 30, 1860


The history of most countries has been that of majorities—mounted majorities, clad in iron, armed with death, treading down the ten-fold more...

The history of most countries has been that of majorities—mounted majorities, clad in iron, armed with death, treading down the ten-fold more...

The history of most countries has been that of majorities—mounted majorities, clad in iron, armed with death, treading down the ten-fold more...

The history of most countries has been that of majorities—mounted majorities, clad in iron, armed with death, treading down the ten-fold more...