When A Law Is In Its Nature

Between A Balanced Republic And A Democracy, The Difference Is Like That Between Order And Chaos.

I Have Always Believed That National Character... Depends More On The Female Part Of Society Than Is Generally Imagined. Precepts From The Lips Of A Beloved Mother... Sink Deep In The Heart, And Make An Impression Which Is Seldom Entirely Effaced.

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.

This Government Is Acknowledged By All, To Be One Of Enumerated Powers.

Whether A Law Be Void For Its Repugnancy To The Constitution, Is, At All Times, A Question Of Much Delicacy, Which Out Seldom, If Ever, To Be Decided In The Affirmative, In Doubtful Case. ... But It Is Not On Slight Implication And Vague Conjecture That The Legislature Is To Be Pronounced To Have Transcended Its Powers, And Its Acts To Be Considered As Void. The Opposition Between The Constitution And The Law Should Be Such That The Judge Feels A Clear And Strong Conviction Of Their Incompatibility With Each Other.