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

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.

What is it that makes us trust our judges? Their independence in office and manner of appointment.

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 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.

I fear we may live to see another revolution.