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Quote from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.,


"But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe…that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market… That at any rate is the theory of our constitution."


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


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

Source:

Abrams et. al v United States, 1919

Categories:

Justice, Truth, Power, Petition

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