The accident of our finding certain opinions natural and familiar, or novel, and even shocking, ought not to conclude our judgment upon the question whether statutes embodying them conflict with the Constitution of the United States.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) American jurist, Supreme Court Justice
Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45, 76 (1905) [Dissent]

 
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