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Line 1: − In ''Buck v. Bell'', 274 U.S. 200 (1927), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] upheld the forced sterilization by the State of [[Virginia]] of persons considered to have low intelligence. Justice [[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.]], a [[utilitarian]] [[Darwinist]] who supported the [[survival of the fittest]] ideology, wrote the opinion for the 8-1 court and included the following remark: − :"It is better for all the world, if ... society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind ... Three generations of imbeciles are enough." − − ''Id.'' at 207. − − Only Justice [[Pierce Butler]] dissented (without comment). − [[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
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