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- When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those… — John Marshall
- Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse. — 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 to the legislative… — Samuel Freeman Miller