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Quotes from Law and the Court — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

1841–1935 United States

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2 quotes

I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen but is to be — that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not understand.

Law and the Court (1913)

I do not think the United States would come to an end if we lost our power to declare an Act of Congress void. I do think the Union would be imperiled if we could not make that declaration as to the laws of the several States.

Law and the Court (1913)

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