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John Marshall has 45 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well
• Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.
• To obtain a just compromise, concession must not only mutual-it must be equal also....There can be no hope that either will yield…
• What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue.
• A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.
• No political dreamer was ever wild enough to think of breaking down the lines which separate the States and compounding the American…
• Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are…
• The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional.

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