Samuel Freeman Miller

No one familiar with the common law of England can read the Constitution of the United States without observing the great desire…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

No branch of the law is of more importance to the counsellor, the statesman, or the citizen, than a thorough acquaintance with…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

The Constitution of the United States, like all systems of government which are permanent, had its origin in the history and necessities…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

Of the powers conferred upon the General Government by the Constitution of the United States much the most important are those given…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

Of the judicial department of the Government, the Supreme Court is the head and representative, and to it must come for final…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

It is a very great mistake, common to counsel, and especially to young counsel, to consider that a decision of any court…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

The United States being a limited form of government, one of the restrictions to which it is subject is in regard to…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

History teaches us, in no mistaken language, how often customs and practices, which were originated without lawful warrant, and opposed to the…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

The Supreme Court, once in existence, cannot be abolished, because its foundation is not in an act of the legislative department of…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

Man is essentially a selfish creature. The differences in the degree with which this developed are infinite.

— Samuel Freeman Miller

As a general rule, governments are unlimited in their powers. All free governments, perhaps all other governments, are entitled in some shape…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

Naturalization is the process by which a citizen, or subject of a foreign nation or kingdom, is made a citizen of the…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

Custody and guardianship by the parent of his child does not arise under the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

It is a very great mistake, and a very common one, even for well-read persons, to adopt the idea that the progress…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

A vile and overbearing temper becomes sometimes, in one long accustomed to the exercise of power, unendurable to those who are subject…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

The value of a decision as a precedent is very much enhanced by the care with which it has been considered, and…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.

— Samuel Freeman Miller

Louisiana commenced her existence as a state under a code of laws differing from all the other states which were founded on…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are…

— Samuel Freeman Miller