Samuel Freeman Miller
Samuel Freeman Miller
Samuel Freeman Millerwas an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1862 to 1890. He was a physician and lawyer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJudge
Date of Birth5 April 1816
CountryUnited States of America
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Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite.
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May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of July, as the birthday of our national life, or the event which then occurred shall be subordinated to any other of our national history.
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A vile and overbearing temper becomes sometimes, in one long accustomed to the exercise of power, unendurable to those who are subject to its humors.
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Of the judicial department of the Government, the Supreme Court is the head and representative, and to it must come for final decision all the great legal questions which may arise under the Constitution, the laws, or the treaties of the United States.
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As a general rule, governments are unlimited in their powers. All free governments, perhaps all other governments, are entitled in some shape or other to make laws and to repeal or amend them.
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Of the powers conferred upon the General Government by the Constitution of the United States much the most important are those given to the legislative body.
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Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.