Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quote

Constitutions are intended to preserve practical and substantial rights, not to maintain theories.


Davis v. Mills, 194 U.S. 451, 457 (1904)


Constitutions are intended to preserve practical and substantial rights, not to maintain theories.

Constitutions are intended to preserve practical and substantial rights, not to maintain theories.

Constitutions are intended to preserve practical and substantial rights, not to maintain theories.

Constitutions are intended to preserve practical and substantial rights, not to maintain theories.