Oliver Wendell Holmes
Interviewee: Paul Lombardo. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes' Supreme Court decisions contained a number of memorable phrases, and Buck vs. Bell provided him an opportunity to create another. (DNAi Location: Chronicle > Trial of Carrie Buck > Players > Oliver Wendell Holmes)
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. was widely known for his opinions containing famous phrases, such as "yelling fire in a crowded theatre," or "clear and present danger." In the case of Buck vs. Bell, he delivered another such phrase, much more infamously so. Of the Buck family he said, "Three generations of imbeciles are enough."
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