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> [Indeed, in a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/indeed-in-a-free-government-almost-all-other-rights-would-become/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

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## More by John Marshall

> [To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/to-listen-well-is-as-powerful-a-means-of-communication-and-influence/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

> [It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is...If two laws conflict with each other, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/it-is-emphatically-the-province-and-duty-of-the-judicial-department/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

> [I have always believed that national character... depends more on the female part of society than is generally imagined. Precepts from the lips of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/i-have-always-believed-that-national-character-depends-more-on-the/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

> [The federal government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/the-federal-government-is-acknowledged-by-all-to-be-one-of-enumerated/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

> [The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/the-government-of-the-united-states-has-been-emphatically-termed-a/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

> [The events of my life are too unimportant, and have too little interest for any person not of my immediate family, to render them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/the-events-of-my-life-are-too-unimportant-and-have-too-little/)

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> [The institution of Masonry ought to be abandoned as one capable of much evil, and incapable of producing any good which might not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/the-institution-of-masonry-ought-to-be-abandoned-as-one-capable-of/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

> [If the agency of the mother in forming the character of her children is, in truth, so considerable, as I think it - if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/if-the-agency-of-the-mother-in-forming-the-character-of-her-children/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

> [The particular phraseology of the Constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written constitutions, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/the-particular-phraseology-of-the-constitution-of-the-united-states/)

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> [No principle of general law is more universally acknowledged, than the perfect equality of nations. Russia and Geneva have equal rights. It results from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/no-principle-of-general-law-is-more-universally-acknowledged-than-the/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

> [A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/a-corporation-is-an-artificial-being-invisible-intangible-and/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

> [The government of the Union, then, ... is, emphatically, and truly, a government of the people. In form and in substance it emanates from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/the-government-of-the-union-then-is-emphatically-and-truly-a/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

> [My gift of John Marshall to the people of the United States was the proudest act of my life. There is no act of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/my-gift-of-john-marshall-to-the-people-of-the-united-states-was-the/)

[John Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marshall/)

> [The most lively fancy aided by the strongest description cannot equal the reality of the opera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/the-most-lively-fancy-aided-by-the-strongest-description-cannot-equal/)

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> [During intervals of humanity, some disposition has been manifested to permit the return of those who have never offended, who have been banished by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/during-intervals-of-humanity-some-disposition-has-been-manifested-to/)

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