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

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

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist with the letter and spirit of the constitution, are constitutional.

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

When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those rights.

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