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But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.

If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect the people against the oppressions of the government; for there are no oppressions which the government may not authorize by law.

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support.

The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets.

It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written.

The government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion.

The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society.

When the commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof that the pig is obscene.

A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.

The trouble with being a hypochondriac these days is that antibiotics have cured all the good diseases.