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 constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. This is the very essence of judicial duty.

I fear we may live to see another revolution.

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

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 particular phraseology of the Constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written constitutions, that a law repugnant to the Constitution is void; and that courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument.

The French Revolution will be found to have had great influence on the strength of parties, and on the subsequent political transactions of the United States.