...hand the power of the Government upon the property of the citizens, and with the other bestow it on favored individuals to aid private enterprises and...robbery because it is done under the forms of law and taxation. Samuel F. Miller, born April 5, 1811. (A Constitutional jurist, rivalled only by John Marshall....

...citizens and with the other to bestow it upon a favorite individual to aid private enterprises and to build up private fortunes, is none the less robbery because it is done under the form of law and is called taxation." ' The government should be so restricted in its legislative powers...

...necessary to economically administer the affairs of the government and to make law and order effective. "To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizens and with the other to bestow it upon a favorite individual to aid private enterprises and...

...or charges imposed by the Legislature upon persons or property to raise money for public purposes. To lay with one hand the power of the government on...the citizen, and with the other to bestow it upon favorite individuals, aid private enterprises, and build up private fortunes, is none the less a robbery,...

...It is not for a Arizona 5— 3 purpose for which a tax can be laid. Cooley on Taxation, pp. 55, 103. "To lay with one hand the power of the government...property of the citizen, and with the other to bestow it on favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less a...

...v. City of Topeka. 87 US (20 Wal1.) 664. Justice Miller in delivering the opinion of the court said: "To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizen and with the other bestow it upon favored individuals, to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none...

...ultimately to redeem them. The court decided that this was not a proper object, and said emphatically : " To lay with one hand the power of the government on...enterprises and build up private fortunes is none the less a robbery, because it is done under the forms of law and called taxation. . . . We have established,...

...ultimately to redeem them. The court decided that this was not a proper object, and said emphatically : " To lay with one hand the power of the government on...enterprises and build up private fortunes is none the less a robbery, because it is done under the forms of law and called taxation. . . . We have established,...

...purposes.2 This statement was cited with approval in Loan Association v. Topeka, where the court said : To lay with one hand the power of the government on...fortunes, is none the less robbery because it is done with the forms of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation. It is a decree under legislative...

...prosperity to the other, if there is no implied limitation of the uses to which the power may be exercised. To lay with one hand the power of the government on...enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation. This is not legislation....