The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.

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.

Perhaps that is the greatest crime of conquest--that a civilization is denied the right to evolve beyond its own embarrassment.

Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief, in their own gifts.

It seems everything in nature that has beauty, also has a price.Let the value of our planets wildlife be to nature and nature alone.

How you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you do.

She looked at him for a long moment. "There really is more substance to you than you let on, isn't there?£

Don’t you want to be alive before you die?

When I look in the mirror, I don't see my Dad, I see my grandmother. For a while it was my mother looking back at me. If only it was my Dad.

I believe that if ever I had to practice cannibalism, I might manage if there were enough tarragon around.

For 25 years practicing medicine, I never asked anybody if they were a Republican or a Democratic or an independent and asked if they had insurance or not. I took care of everybody.

But today, I feel the genuine warmth, the affection, and although I may joke about it, I am touched.