Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.1841–1935The quotations of
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
American jurist (1841–1935); US Supreme Court justice from 1902 to 1932
1841–1935
35 quotes, most often on Laws, Government and Life & Death.
- Abrams v. United States, 250 U.S. 616 (1919), 250 U.S. 616; 630.
The power to tax is not the power to destroy while this Court sits.
Panhandle Oil Co. v. Mississippi ex rel. Knox, 277 U.S. 233 (1928).The aim of the law is not to punish sins, but is to prevent certain external results.
Commonwealth v. Kennedy, 170 Mass. 18, 20 (1897) (opinion of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts).Constitutions are intended to preserve practical and substantial rights, not to maintain theories.
Davis v. Mills, 194 U.S. 451, 457 (1904).- Writing for the Court, Bain Peanut Co. v. Pinson, 282 U.S. 499, 501 (1931).
