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> [The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made in pursuance of the constitution, form the supreme law of the land.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marshall/the-government-of-the-union-though-limited-in-its-powers-is-supreme/)

[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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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