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.

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

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.

To obtain a just compromise, concession must not only mutual-it must be equal also....There can be no hope that either will yield more than it gets in return.

As long as we've still got crazy "what if" ideas, we can continue [Black Mirror]. It's outpacing reality that's probably the challenge.

Don't let the best you have done so far be the standard for the rest of your life.

Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing.

Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.

In these times of suffering prayer is of even more help.

I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.

Numbers are limits, and perfection doesn't have limits.

Energy is essential for development, and sustainable energy is essential for sustainable development.

But now his dry and silent grieving for his lost wife must end, for there she stood, the fierce, recalcitrant, and fragile stranger, forever to be won again.

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.