Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER:
326
AUTHOR:
John Marshall Harlan (18991971)
QUOTATION:
The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare, nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements.
ATTRIBUTION:
Justice JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN, dissenting, Reynolds, Judge, et al. v. Sims, et al., 377 U.S. 62425 (1964).