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If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Author Bio

  • NameOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • DescriptionUnited States Supreme Court justice
  • AliasesOliver Wendell Holmes Jr.; Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.; Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr; Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.; Oliver Wendell, Jr. Holmes; Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr; Oliver Holmes, Jr.; Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr.
  • BornMarch 8, 1841
  • DiedMarch 6, 1935
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJurist; Judge; Lawyer