They [the blacks] had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.

- Roger Brooke Taney

The question before us is, whether people of African ancestry compose a portion of this people, and are constituent members of this sovereignty? We t…

- Roger Brooke Taney

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.

- Roger Brooke Taney

No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than any [constitutional] provisions can be suspended during a…

- Roger Brooke Taney