हमारे सामने मुख्य सवाल यह है कि क्या अफ्रीकी मूल के लोग इस समाज का हिस्सा हैं, और क्या वे इस संप्रभु राष्ट्र के नागरिक हैं? हमारा मानना है कि वे ऐसा नहीं हैं, और संविधान के तहत 'नागरिक' शब्द में उन्हें शामिल नहीं किया गया है और न ही ऐसा कोई इरादा था; इसलिए वे संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका के नागरिकों को मिलने वाले किसी भी अधिकार और विशेषाधिकार का दावा नहीं कर सकते।
The question before us is, whether people of African ancestry compose a portion of this people, and are constituent members of this sovereignty? We think they are not, and that they are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word 'citizens' in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States.
The question before us is, whether people of African ancestry compose a portion of this people, and are constituent members of this sovereignty? We think they are not, and that they are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word 'citizens' in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States.
अश्वेत लोगों का ऐसा कोई अधिकार नहीं था जिसका सम्मान करना श्वेत व्यक्ति के लिए लाजिमी हो।
They [the blacks] had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.
They [the blacks] had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.
हमें गुलामी की इस प्रथा को नीतिशास्त्र के चश्मे से नहीं, बल्कि कानून और समाज के जानकारों की तरह देखना चाहिए। यह विवेक का नहीं, बल्कि कानून का मामला है।
We must look at the institution of slavery as publicists, and not as casuists. It is a question of law, and not a case of conscience.
We must look at the institution of slavery as publicists, and not as casuists. It is a question of law, and not a case of conscience.
इंसानी बुद्धि ने इससे अधिक विनाशकारी कोई सिद्धांत नहीं गढ़ा कि सरकार के किसी भी बड़े संकट के समय संविधान के नियमों को स्थगित किया जा सकता है।
No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than any [constitutional] provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.
No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than any [constitutional] provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.