Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes in The Magnificent Yankee (1950)

[referring to President Theodore Roosevelt]

Oliver Wendell Holmes: He said, among other things, that he could carve a judge with more backbone out of a banana.

Fanny Bowditch Holmes: [outraged] Well, the very idea!

Graham, reporter for Boston Transcript: Is there any statement, Mrs. Holmes, that you would make?

Fanny Bowditch Holmes: Yes, Mr. Graham, there is.

Oliver Wendell Holmes: Fanny...

Fanny Bowditch Holmes: You may say that we adore dear Mr. Roosevelt at all times -

Graham, reporter for Boston Transcript: Adore, Mrs. Holmes?

Fanny Bowditch Holmes: Yes, Mr. Graham, we adore everything about him... except his taste in bananas.

Oliver Wendell Holmes: [to Reynolds] It's a free country. Everybody's entitled to his opinion... even the President of the United States.