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.

No political dreamer was ever wild enough to think of breaking down the lines which separate the States and compounding the American people into one common mass.

No principle of general law is more universally acknowledged, than the perfect equality of nations. Russia and Geneva have equal rights. It results from this equality, that no one can rightfully impose a rule on another....As no nation can prescribe a rule for others, none can make a law of nations.

No one imagines that a law professing to tax will be permitted to destroy.

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

It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is...If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each...This is of the very essence of judicial duty.

The most lively fancy aided by the strongest description cannot equal the reality of the opera.