The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy;...the power to destroy may defeat and render useless the power to create.

Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist with the letter and spirit of the constitution, are constitutional.

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.

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

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.

I fear we may live to see another revolution.