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

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.

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

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

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.

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