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Stephen Johnson Field Quotes

d. 1899

Stephen Johnson Field (November 4, 1816 – April 9, 1899) was an American jurist. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from May 20, 1863, to December 1, 1897.

Also known as: Field, Stephen J., Field, Stephen Johnson, Stephen Field, Stephen J. Field

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The Constitution deals with substance, not shadows.

When judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed.

The present assault on 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—a war constantly growing in intensity and bitterness.

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