Justice Stephen J. Field Quote

"Here I close my opinion.
I could not say less in view of questions of such gravity
that go down to the very foundations of the government.
If the provisions of the Constitution can be set aside
by an Act of Congress, where is the course of usurpation to end?
The present assault upon 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 growing in intensity and bitterness."

by:	Justice Stephen J. Field (1816-1899) US Supreme Court Justice
Source:	United States Supreme Court opinion, Pollock v. Farmers Loan & Trust Co. (1898)
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Categories:	Communism, Constitution, Economics, Fed, Integrity, Justice, Money, NWO, Oppression, Slavery, Socialism, Sovereignty, Taxation, Tyranny, Usurpation, Congress, Trust, Tax
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How come Americans allow such hypocrisy in their government? They've fallen asleep at the wheel of the most powerful, free republic on Earth. To establish a seat of such incredible power without its proper checks and balances will eventually lead to usurpation and oppression.  -- Anonymous, Ottawa
Americans wouldn't know tyranny if it came to them in a knock-knock joke. I don't recall who said this.  -- Joel, Rochester, MI
-- Anonymous
"A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law." -- Chief Justice John Marshall  -- blueridge, WV
If not a war, then subjugation.  -- Anonymous, Philadelphia, Pa
Recent quotes on finance/ banks 100% PLUS!!!. "For the love of money is the ROOT of ALL kinds of EVIL" Here is the living proof of of what even the most educated of persons in the Financial arena are totally UNaware. If ones points this out, the label of Conspiracy Theorist is generated.  -- Dr Steven Martin, Newcastle Australia
I give it a 2  -- jessica, tampa
How true. Many of the founding fathers saw this coming. I forget who but it was said by a founding father that this country could survive as long as the voter did not realize that he could vote himself a piece of the public pie. Now even members of the Supreme Court protect the subsidies that help to create class envy. This country was founded on property rights and the guarantee that government had no right to redistribute your property. This would be the height of tyranny in their eyes and mine. This county is being destroyed by the anti capitalists. It has gotten to the point that we can not even defend ourselves against violent attack if it is viewed by some to be done by or for those that are "less fortunate" than us.  -- warren giese, olathe
This really boils it down. The People need to remember that even when one assault by the rich is won, another will follow, and another and another. Our government is designed to thwart the power plays of the ruling class.  -- E Archer, NYC
…and the war is getting closer, unless we radically change our attitude, behavior, and philosophy then war is inevitable. I hear people discuss capitalism as if it were being attacked by the anti-capitalists – well, all I can say is that the Capitalists are definitely winning the battle. Please, please, don’t tell me that the disparity between the rich and the poor is the fault of the anti-capitalists and that if there were no checks and balances against capitalistic greed that it would benefit the poor. That’s If America is not careful we will change mobocracy of the capitalists to mobocracy of the poor and they will not need the capitalists to survive. We decide to divert valuable funds $30B to the Middle East to prop up support US ally’s and sell $20B in arms to Saudi while we cut the measly budget that provides children with healthcare coverage.  -- Robert, Sarasota
When one takes a part of the wages that someone else earns, it's stealing whether legal or illegal. It isn't the pockets of the politicians that money for the poor is coming from..It's from those who worked to make life better for themselves. I'm as poor as a church mouse but I don't take anything from anybody..If i don't earn it, I don't deserve it. Bonbon  -- Anonymous, Georgetown SC
-- Mike, Norwalk
Archer, While the government was "designed" to thwart the power plays of the ruling class, they have come full circle. Its not you and I that they represent now, its the ruling class. And the "ruling" class rules the government itself. The White House is now merely the stage for the puppet show run by...yup! International bankers. The same ones slowly and deliberately destroying the economy. I think it was nathan Rothschild who alluded to control of currency being control of all...  -- J Carlton, Calgary
"The poor against the rich", class warfare promoted by "progressives" and the battle cry is always "soak the rich."  -- jim k, austin
.... and so it has been.  -- Justin, Elkland, Missouri
The rich are in it for no one but themselves, abusing and taking advantage of all others for their own personal gain. It is the underdogs, the poor who need the extra measure of protection not the rich, for the rich would not be rich but for the advanage they take of others (in one form or another).  -- Anonymous, Reston, VA, US
Anonymous Ottawa...although I do agree with you, we would do well to clean up our own back yard before throwing stones. Canada is allowing all the same things.  -- J Carlton, Calgary
Reston....are you saying we should all share the wealth? Like "good" communists? Its fascism...not wealth that is the problem.  -- Anonymous
What about the constitution being set aside by the Supreme Court? I am sure the idea of that happening was totally alien and unthinkable to him. After all what personal gain does a justice have for ignoring the constitution? Only one thing and that is the pursuit of an agenda contrary to that of the founders of this country.  -- warren, olathe
The answer to Justice Field is that the course of usurpation will never cease. He like so many others understood and understand that the eventual outcome of lawlessness is utter tyranny. It is understood because we have so many examples of it and any good student of history knows the eventual outcome. The progressives' modus operandi is rule by any means; if not by consent, then by conquest. And Robert, I agree that war and open revolt is dreadfully becoming more likely the further we progress to the lawlessness of the fascisti. It is no accident that enough arms and ammunition have been sold to private citizens in the US in the last year to supply the Indian and Chinese armies. The people will not be victims of freeloading looters and moochers.  -- Ken, Allyn, WA
The progressives got real control in the early 20th century. The first step to maintaining their power was to pit the haves against the have-nots, while protecting their own personal interests. If you were rich and had the good sense to ally with them, you got special dispensations. If not rich, then you were lead to believe the obnoxious rich folks were getting carrying all the weight. Look at all the rich politicians of the period who "hated" the rich. (See Theodore Roosevelt) Now the ruse continues.  -- Bill, Williamsburg, VA

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