Political Quotes

On the record
First, by article three, section one, it is declared that “the judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Said by
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner cites Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution, which establishes the judicial power of the United States.

Share

More from Charles Sumner

Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.

gutenberg.org

Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.

gutenberg.org

But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.

gutenberg.org

They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.

gutenberg.org

Other voices in this conversation