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Stephen Johnson Field
3 quotes
“The Constitution deals with substance, not shadows.”
Stephen Johnson Field (1816–1899) first seen 1866 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cummings v. State of Missouri, 71 U. S. 277, 325 (1866).
“The present assault on capital is but the beginning. It will be but the stepping-stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till our political contests will become a war of the poor against the rich—a war constantly growing in intensity and bitterness.”
Stephen Johnson Field (1816–1899) first seen 1895 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Concurring in Pollock v. Farmers Loan and Trust Co., 157 U. S. 429, 607 (1895).
“When judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed.”
Stephen Johnson Field (1816–1899) first seen 1889 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Said while travelling to California, having been advised to arm himself while there (1889); reported in J.K. Hoyt, The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), p. 129.