In a general sense, all contributions imposed by the government upon individuals for the service of the state, are called taxes, by whatever name they may be known, whether by the name of tribute, tythe, tallage, impost, duty, gabel, custom, subsidy, aid, supply, excise, or other name.
Joseph StoryThe right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic.
Joseph StoryThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Joseph StoryThere never has been a period of history, in which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as lying at its foundation.
Joseph Story