. . . a constitution, intended toendure for ages to come, andconsequently, to be adapted to thevarious crises of human affairs.

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.

And yet, it is amazing that poetry often touches the heart even though it may not try to teach us anything.

The prettier the wine bottle, the higher the likelihood sorority girls will buy it.

If you take a little time, let's say three weeks off, after recording a song, and you listen to it every other day, you're just going to know eventually.

You love each other – anyone can see that, looking at you – that kind of love that can burn down the world or raise it up in glory.

I try to take people one at a time, with all the contradictions and compromises that most of us live with.

You make alterations, affecting your pose, a new house, a new car, a new job, a new nose.

This economic pie that is getting ready to explode before our eyes is going to be shared equally.

I don't believe in God. I believe something is happening, I'm not sure what it is.

Never expect too much from a friend and you will never want for one.

A cheery relaxation is man's natural state, just as nature itself is relaxed. A waterfall is concerned only with being itself, not with doing something it considers waterfall-like.