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Quotation from Buck v. Bell by Supreme Court of the United States
“Three generations of imbeciles are enough.”
Buck v. Bell, Opinion of the Court (Justice Holmes) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Holmes refers, in the period's legal and medical vocabulary, to Carrie Buck, her mother and her infant daughter; later research showed the description of all three to be mistaken.
Citation: "Three generations of imbeciles are enough." — Supreme Court of the United States, Buck v. Bell, Opinion of the Court (Justice Holmes) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id buck-v-bell-q4)
Portrait: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr circa 1930, Harris & Ewing, Public domain.
