William O(rville) Douglas
(16 Oct 1898 - 19 Jan 1980)

American judge whose term of over 36 years as a U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1939-75) remains the longest.

Science Quotes by William O(rville) Douglas (1)

The Constitution never sanctioned the patenting of gadgets. Patents serve a higher end—the advance of science.
— William O(rville) Douglas
Concurring in Great A. & P. Teas Co.. V. Supermarket Equip. Corp. 340 U.S. 147, 155 (1950). In Eugene C. Gerhart, Quote it Completely! (1998), 802.
See also:  |  Constitution of the United States (7)  |  Patent (12)  |  Progress (117)  |  Science (444)


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