Samuel Freeman Miller Powers Quotations

Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.

The United States being a limited form of government, one of the restrictions to which it is subject is in regard to its power to levy taxes. The States may levy them for a great many purposes for which Congress cannot, because to the States belong all of the powers not delegated to Congress.

Of the powers conferred upon the General Government by the Constitution of the United States much the most important are those given to the legislative body.

A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited, and defined, and by which these powers are distributed among several departments, for their more safe and useful exercise, for the benefit of the body politic.