Quotes by Chief Justices

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

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him.

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

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

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.

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