 We have seen more than once that the public welfare may call upon the best citizens for their lives. It would be strange if it could not call upon those who already sap the strength of the state for these lesser sacrifices, often not felt to be such by...  Proposed Constitutional Amendments on Abortion: Hearings Before the ... - Page 780by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights - 1976 - 1089 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Medical jurisprudence - 1928 - 360 pages
...law. "Three generations of imbeciles are enough. . . . We have seen more than once that the public welfare may call upon the best citizens for their...lesser sacrifices, often not felt to be such by those conerned, in order to prevent our being swamped with incompetence. It is better for all the world,... | |
 | John O'Grady - Church work - 1928 - 414 pages
...Speaking on behalf of the Court, Justice Holmes said: "We have seen more than once that the public welfare may call upon the best citizens for their...those who already sap the strength of the state for lesser sacrifices often not felt to be such, by those concerned in order to prevent incompetence."15... | |
 | Law - 1927 - 280 pages
...opinion. Quoting in part : "We have seen more than once that the public welfare may call upon the best of citizens for their lives. It would be strange if it...state for these lesser sacrifices, often not felt by those concerned, in order to prevent our being swamped with incompetence. It is better for all the... | |
 | Law - 1926 - 450 pages
...it was well answered in Justice Holmes' suggestion that "we have more than once seen that the public welfare may call upon the best citizens for their...order to prevent our being swamped with incompetence." 14 THE LAWYER AND STUDENT These objections and others to legislation of this character have been passed... | |
 | Stephen Jay Gould - Nature - 1985 - 484 pages
...experiences as an infantryman in the Civil War, Holmes wrote: We have seen more than once that the public welfare may call upon the best citizens for their...strength of the state for these lesser sacrifices. ... It is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime,... | |
 | John Trumpbour - Education - 1989 - 470 pages
...the most famous and chilling statements of our century: We have seen more than once that the public welfare may call upon the best citizens for their...strength of the state for these lesser sacrifices... Three generations of imbeciles are enough. The line is often mis-cited as "three generations of idiots.... | |
 | Paul L. Skipper, John D. Groopman - Medical - 1991 - 492 pages
...have seen more than once that the public welfare may call upon the best citizens for their lives. lt would be strange if it could not call upon those who...order to prevent our being swamped with incompetence. lt is better for all the world, if instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime, or... | |
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