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Quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.,

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.



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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (more quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. or books by/about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.)


(1841-1935) US Supreme Court Justice, also known as "The Great Dissenter"

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Falsely attributed. Various permutations of this quote have been incorrectly attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Original version written by Zechariah Chafee, "Freedom of Speech in Wartime", 32 Harvard Law Review 932, 957 (1919).

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Individual Rights, Integrity, Respect, Responsibility

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