“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.”

About Stephen Johnson Field

Jurist • American

Stephen Johnson Field was an influential American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, he served for nearly 35 years,...