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

The federal government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it . . . is now universally admitted.

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

To obtain a just compromise, concession must not only mutual-it must be equal also....There can be no hope that either will yield more than it gets in return.

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

It is the peculiar province of the legislature to prescribe general rules for the government of society; the application of those rules to individuals in society would seem to be the duty of other departments.

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