“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.”

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,...