All John Marshall Quotes
- The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve this… Appellation
- This government is acknowledged by all, to be one of enumerated powers. Acknowledged
- Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to… Adapted
- State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not… Commerce
- The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional. Cannot Render
- The power to tax is the power to destroy. Communism
- The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged… Act
- An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear… Bear
- What is it that makes us trust our judges? Their independence in office and manner of appointment. Appointment
- The events of my life are too unimportant, and have too little interest for any person not of my immediate family, to render them worth… Any
- I was born on the 24th of September 1755 in the county of Fauquier, at that time one of the frontier counties of Virginia. My… Any
- My father superintended the English part of my education, and to his care I am indebted for anything valuable which I may have acquired in… Acquired
- I have always believed that national character... depends more on the female part of society than is generally imagined. Precepts from the lips of a… Always Believed
- If the agency of the mother in forming the character of her children is, in truth, so considerable, as I think it - if she… Agency
- 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… Action
- When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those… Absolute
- The constitution is either a superior paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts, alterable when the… Acts
- The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an… Afford
- The constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it. Act
- When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those… Absolute