"I fear we may live to see another…" — John Marshall
"I fear we may live to see another revolution."
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43 Quotes by John Marshall
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The power to tax involves the power to destroy;...the power to destroy may defeat and render useless the power to…
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A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law.
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To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well
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Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.
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To obtain a just compromise, concession must not only mutual-it must be equal also....There can be no hope that either…
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What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue.
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A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.
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The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.
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The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their own will, and…
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It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.
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The particular phraseology of the Constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to…
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The acme of judicial distinction means the ability to look a lawyer straight in the eyes for two hours and…
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More American Revolution Quotes
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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
— John Adams
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The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government…
— John Quincy Adams
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The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is…
— Samuel Adams
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Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to…
— Samuel Adams
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James Watt patented his steam engine on the eve of the American Revolution, consummating a relationship between coal and the…
— Jeremy Rifkin
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On June 22, 2008, at the age of 71, an American revolutionary died. He was a bona fide genius, an…
— Corey Taylor
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My fellow citizens, our nation is poised for greatness. We must do what we know is right, and do it…
— Ronald Reagan
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What a glorious morning this is!
— Samuel Adams
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The times that tried men's souls are over-and the greatest and completest revolution the world ever knew, gloriously and happily…
— Thomas Paine
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Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to subdue us by force, but God be praised!…
— Samuel Adams
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The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth.
— Thomas Paine
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Now is the seedtime of continental union, faith and honor. The least fracture now, will be like a name engraved…
— Thomas Paine
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