A just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species.

Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.

The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.

What is here a right towards men, is a duty towards the Creator.

There is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity by...corporations. The power of all corporations ought to be limited in this respect. The growing wealth acquired by them never fails to be a source of abuses.

The States then being the parties to the constitutional compact, and in their sovereign capacity, it follows of necessity, that there can be no tribunal above their authority, to decide in the last resort, whether the compact made by them be violated; and consequently that as the parties to it, they must themselves decide in the last resort, such questions as may be of sufficient magnitude to require their interposition.

As to the permanent interest of individuals in the aggregated interests of the community, and in the proverbial maxim, that honesty is the best policy, present temptation is often found to be an overmatch for those considerations.