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

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.

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

I fear we may live to see another revolution.

State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress. ... Inspection laws, quarantine laws, health laws of every description, as well as laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c., are component parts of this mass. No direct general power over these objects is granted to Congress, and, consequently, they remain subject to State legislation.

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.

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