Billings, Josh -- Josh Billings on Ice, and Other Things, ch. 61 “Milk, Whiskee and Beer” (1868)

Dave — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:13:34 +0000

But since whiskee haz got into this world, I don’t think it kan be got out, enny more than small pox kan, but it kan be made komparitively harmless, in the same way, and only in the same way, and that iz by constant vaccination.

[But since whiskey has gotten into this world, I don’t think it can be gotten out, any more than smallpox can, but it can be made comparatively harmless, in the same way, and only in the same way, and that is by constant vaccination.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings on Ice, and Other Things, ch. 61 “Milk, Whiskee and Beer” (1868)
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Harlan, John Marshall -- Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (20 Feb 1905) [majority opinion]

Dave — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:42:16 +0000

The liberty secured by the Constitution of the United States does not import an absolute right in each person to be at all times, and in all circumstances, wholly freed from restraint. […] Upon the principle of self-defense, of paramount necessity, a community has the right to protect itself against an epidemic of disease which threatens the safety of its members. […] In every well ordered society charged with the duty of conserving the safety of its members the rights of the individual in respect of his liberty may at times, under the pressure of great dangers, be subjected to such restraint, to be enforced by reasonable regulations, as the safety of the general public may demand.

John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911) American lawyer, politician, Supreme Court Justice (1877-1911)
Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (20 Feb 1905) [majority opinion]
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Billings, Josh -- Josh Billings on Ice, and Other Things, ch. 61 “Milk, Whiskee and Beer” (1868)

Harlan, John Marshall -- Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (20 Feb 1905) [majority opinion]