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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“The French Revolution will be found to have had great influence on the strength of parties, and on the subsequent political transactions of the United States.”

“If pimps and thieves were invariably sentenced, all decent people would get to thinking they themselves were constantly innocent.”

“Do you imagine that a city can continue to exist and not be turned upside down, if the legal judgments which are pronounced in it have no force but are nullified and destroyed by private persons?”

“Fair is irrelevant. This is the law it has nothing to do with justice.”

“We are on strike, we, the men of the mind.We are on strike against self-immolation. We are on strike against the creed of unearned rewards and unrewarded duties. We are on strike against the dogma ...”

“If only it were possible to love without injury fidelity isnt enough: I had been faithful to Anne and yet I had injured her. The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body...”

“She looks at the swings, and I can see shes imagining what theyd look like if the kids werent there. The guilt of this holds her down momentarily. It appears to be there constantly. Never far away,...”

“Naught but leaves brushed in the wind, stemming from the forest behind my house. Oh, and of course, the wildlife seized every chance to tell the stars who they were; they hooted, howled, and growle...”

“I dont have a philosophy: I have senses...If I talk about Nature, its not because I know what it is,But because I love it, and thats why I love it,Because when you love you never know what you love...”

“I have been wrongly accused; and you, ma'am, and everybody else, will now think me wicked.""We shall think you what you prove yourself to be, my child. Continue to act as a good girl, and you will ...”