"Indeed, in a free government almost all other……" — John Marshall
"Indeed, in a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen."
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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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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,…
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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