Stephen Johnson Field

“The present assault upon 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.”

“By the term 'liberty,' as used in the amendment, something more is meant than mere freedom from physical restraint or the bounds of a prison.”

“The right to pursue a lawful and necessary calling is one of the privileges which the Constitution guarantees.”

“The great and leading principle of the common law is, that there is a remedy for every wrong.”

“As the foundation of all civilization is that the right of each person to his property shall be held sacred, we must obey the law when it strikes the arrogant and the exalted as well as the humble and the lowly.”

“This court is not a harbor for sleepy lawyers.”

“It is the duty of every government to protect all persons within its jurisdiction in the enjoyment of their rights.”

“The state has no more right to plunder an individual than an individual has to plunder a state.”

“It should be a matter of pride with every American that the law of his country is not subject to the passions of the hour, but is unchanging and uniform in its action.”

“The practice of summoning citizens of one State to another to answer complaints against them is a direct assault upon their privileges and immunities.”