Morrison Waite

"Laws are made for the government of actions, and while they cannot interfere with mere religious beliefs and opinions, they may with practices."

"We know that this is a power which may be abused; but that is no argument against its existence. For protection against abuses by legislatures the people must resort to the polls, not to the courts."

"The very highest duty of the States, when they entered into the Union under the Constitution, was to protect all persons within their boundaries in the enjoyment of these 'unalienable rights with whic…"

"When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he in effect grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for th…"

"There is in our political system a government of each of the several States, and a Government of the United States. Each is distinct from the others, and has citizens of its own who owe it allegiance,…"

"Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence."