The Magnificent Yankee

[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.