The relations which exist between man and his Maker, and the duties resulting from those relations, are the most interesting and important to every human being and the most incumbent on his study and investigation.

The construction applied . . . to those parts of the Constitution of the United States which delegate Congress a power . . . ought not to be construed as themselves to give unlimited powers, nor a part to be so taken as to destroy the whole residue of that instrument.

I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

Knowing that religion does not furnish grosser bigots than law, I expect little from old judges.

Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion.

Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.

The darker the berry, the sweeter the juice.