“ The power to tax is the power to destroy. ”
The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.
~ John Marshall
The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him.
An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.
To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.
