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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Quotes


An American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932. Noted for his long service, his concise and pithy opinions, and his deference to the decisions of elected legislatures, he is one of the most widely cited United States Supreme Court justices in history, particularly for his "clear and present danger" majority opinion in the 1919 case of Schenck v. United States, and is one of the most influential American common law judges. Holmes retired from the Court at the age of 90, making him the oldest Justice in the Supreme Court's history.

Here are some famous quotes by  Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

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A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

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Share the passion and action of your time at peril of being judged not to have lived.