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Quotation from Lochner v. New York by Supreme Court of the United States
“The Fourteenth Amendment does not enact Mr. Herbert Spencer's Social Statics.”
Lochner v. New York, Dissent of Justice Holmes (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Holmes, dissenting alone, denies that the Constitution adopts the laissez-faire philosophy of the English writer Herbert Spencer.
Citation: "The Fourteenth Amendment does not enact Mr. Herbert Spencer's Social Statics." — Supreme Court of the United States, Lochner v. New York, Dissent of Justice Holmes (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id lochner-v-new-york-q5)
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