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The constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it.

A constitution is framed for ages to come, and is designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it.

It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.

A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

This government is acknowledged by all, to be one of enumerated powers.

What is it that makes us trust our judges? Their independence in office and manner of appointment.

The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional.

I fear we may live to see another revolution.

In a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.

Seldom has a battle, in which greater numbers were
not engaged, been so important in its consequences as that of Cowpens.

A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.

The acme of judicial distinction means the ability to look a lawyer straight in the eyes for two hours and not hear a damned word he says.

Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

A constitution, intended to
endure for ages to come, and
consequently, to be adapted to the
various crises of human affairs.

No one imagines that a law professing to tax will be permitted to destroy.

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their will, and lives only by their will.

What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue.

The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.

The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him.

The most lively fancy aided by the strongest description cannot equal the reality of the opera.