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Quotation from Jacobson v. Massachusetts by Supreme Court of the United States
“But the liberty secured by the Constitution of the United States to every person within its jurisdiction does not import an absolute right in each person to be, at all times and in all circumstances, wholly freed from restraint.”
Jacobson v. Massachusetts, Opinion of the Court (Justice Harlan) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Harlan answers Jacobson's claim that compulsory vaccination invades his liberty.
Citation: "But the liberty secured by the Constitution of the United States to every person within its jurisdiction does not import an absolute right in each person to be, at all times and in all circumstances, wholly freed from restraint." — Supreme Court of the United States, Jacobson v. Massachusetts, Opinion of the Court (Justice Harlan) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id jacobson-v-massachusetts-q1)
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