Concurring in Pollock v. Farmers Loan and Trust Co., 157 U. S. 429, 607 (1895).
Stephen Johnson Field: Frases en inglés
“When judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed.”
Said while travelling to California, having been advised to arm himself while there (1889); reported in J.K. Hoyt, The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), p. 129.
“The Constitution deals with substance, not shadows.”
Cummings v. State of Missouri, 71 U. S. 277, 325 (1866).