Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841 – 1935)
American jurist; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932; often called "The Great Dissenter"; son of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
A man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.
Young man, the secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered that I was not God.
It is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime, or to let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind.
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
The power to tax is not the power to destroy while this Court sits.
The elaborate argument against the constitutionality of the Act if interpreted as we read it, in accordance with its obvious meaning does not need an elaborate answer.
If I were dying, my last words would be, Have faith and pursue the unknown end.
Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.
The general rule, at least, is that while property may be regulated to a certain extent, if regulation goes too far it will be recognized as a taking.