28 March 2015

He Saw It Coming

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr circa 1930-edit.jpg
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court (1902-1932)
"If a man neglects to enforce his rights, he cannot complain if, after a while, the law follows his example."

~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Didn't he live in Hooterville?
:-)
NAW, that was Oliver Wendell Douglas, eating hotscakes!

BTW, Holmes was brilliant, unlike most of today's jurists!

gfa

Ed Bonderenka said...

Or a congress.

Old NFO said...

As usual the old guys were right... sigh

Rev. Paul said...

Guffaw, I was thinking about Green Acres too - always do, when I hear Justice Holmes' name mentioned. :)

Ed, I'm now convinced there's nothing dumber than a congress.

NFO - agreed!