"This government is acknowledged by all, to be……" — John Marshall
"This government is acknowledged by all, to be one of enumerated powers."
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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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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want…
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I don't have acknowledged preferences of characters.
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I think that marriage is, dare I say it, between a man and a woman, hopefully for life and there…
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Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations…
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I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn…
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For here lies the corner stone of all the injustices done woman, the wrong idea from which all other wrongs…
— Ernestine Rose
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Men almost universally have acknowledged providence, but that fact has had no force to destroy natural aversions and fears in…
— George Santayana
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The amount of knowledge which we can justify from evidence directly available to us can never be large. The overwhelming…
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The magnitude of this evil among us is so deeply felt, and so universally acknowledged, that no merit could be…
— James Madison
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A people may become great through many means, but there is only one measure by which its greatness is recognized…
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The denial of death is openly acknowledged as a significant trait of our culture. The tears of the bereaved have…
— Unknown Author
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I think that everybody has acknowledged that, in controlling foxes, hunting is hardly used as a method at all. To…
— Ian Cawsey
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