Have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress.

Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.

The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their own will, and lives only by their will.

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well

A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.

A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law.

What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue.

A constitution is framed for ages to come, and is designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it.

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

Just like small acts of kindness can pave the way for a better world, small acts of corruption open the road for a corrupt world.

All women may not be beautiful but every woman can look beautiful.

You don’t look for miracles, you don’t search for miracles, miracles is supposed to follow you.

Thoughts of suicide have got me through many a bad night.

The atmosphere almost looks like an eggshell on an egg, it's so thin. We know that we don't have much air - we need to protect what we have.

Imperialism as he [Kipling] sees it is a sort of forcible evangelising.

Over time it's going to be important for nations to know they will be held accountable for inactivity. You're either with us or against us in the fight against terror.

Everybody is going to love me and this is not being cocky - this is just what I see.

For the past 21 years, I've been privileged to be part of an amazing organization called the International Women's Media Foundation.