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.
The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.
Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47, 52 (3 March 1919).- The Common Law (1881), Lecture II, p. 44
