Harlan F. Stone Quotes

#1. The law itself is on trial quite as much as the cause which is to be decided.

Harlan F. Stone

#2. Words, especially those of a constitution, are not to be read with such stultifying narrowness.

Harlan F. Stone

#3. History teaches us that there have been but few infringements of personal liberty by the state which have not been justified, as they are here, in the name of righteousness and the public good, and few which have not been directed, as they are now, at politically helpless minorities.

Harlan F. Stone

#4. There is grim irony in speaking of the freedom of contract of those who, because of their economic necessities, give their service for less than is needful to keep body and soul together.

Harlan F. Stone

#5. The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need.

Harlan F. Stone

#6. The [tenth] amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered.

Harlan F. Stone

#7. The right to participate in the choice of representatives for Congress includes, as we have said, the right to cast a ballot and to have it counted at the general election whether for the successful candidate or not.

Harlan F. Stone