61 Quotes by Joseph Story

The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic ...

I know of no power, indeed, of which a free people ought to be more jealous, than of that of levying taxes and duties.

A new invention to poison people ... is not a patentable invention.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Every successive generation becomes a living memorial of our public schools, and a living example of their excellence.

If the Constitution is a compact, then the States have a right to secede.

This provision (the 4th Amendment) speaks for itself. Its plain object is to secure the perfect enjoyment of that great right of the common law, that a man's house shall be his own castle, privileged against all civil and military intrusion.

Piety, religion, and morality are intimately connected with the well being of that state, and indispensable to the administration of civil justice.

I will not say with Lord Hale, that "The Law will admit of no rival" . . . but I will say that it is a jealous mistress, and requires a long and constant courtship. It is not to be won by trifling favors, but by lavish homage.