Unquestionably, it is the duty of every master to watch over the religious and moral culture of his slaves, and to give… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
In England, the sovereignty resides exclusively in the person or individual who is king. All Englishmen are his subjects. And the highest… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
In the greater number of cases that have come under my observation, freedom has been a serious misfortune to the manumitted slave,… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
Unquestionably, it is the duty of every master to watch over the religious and moral culture of his slaves, and to give them every… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
It is an established principle of jurisprudence in all civilized nations that the sovereign cannot be sued in its own courts, or in any… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
It will be admitted on all hands, that with the exception of the powers surrendered by the Constitution of the United States, the people… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
A sovereignty is always presumed to act upon principles of justice, and if, from mistake or oversight, it does injury to a nation or… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
Every intelligent person whose life has been passed in a slaveholding State, and who has carefully observed the character and capacity of the African… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
What Dred Scott's master might lawfully do with Dred Scott, in the free state of Illinois, every other master may lawfully do with any… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
In large commercial cities, the money power is, I fear irresistible. It is not by open corruption that it always, or even most generally,… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
Every state has an undoubted right to determine the status, or domestic and social condition, of the persons domiciled within its territory except insofar… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
In England, the sovereignty resides exclusively in the person or individual who is king. All Englishmen are his subjects. And the highest peer in… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
Thank God that at least in one place, all men are equal: in the church of God. I do not consider it any degradation… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
In the greater number of cases that have come under my observation, freedom has been a serious misfortune to the manumitted slave, and he… — Roger B. Taney Copy Share Image
