John Marshall
Judge
1755-09-24
Quotes by John Marshall
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. . . a constitution, intended toendure for ages to come, andconsequently, to be adapted to thevarious crises of human affairs.
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. . . a constitution, intended toendure for ages to come, andconsequently, to be adapted to thevarious crises of human affairs.
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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 the constitution, form the supreme law of the land.
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To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.
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The power to tax is the power to destroy.
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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 legislature shall please to alter it. It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. This is the very essence of judicial duty.
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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 communicating or preserving.
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The French Revolution will be found to have had great influence on the strength of parties, and on the subsequent political transactions of the United States.
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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 rights.
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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 rights. The people can act only by their agents and, within the powers conferred upon them, their acts must be considered as the acts of the people.
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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 father possessed scarcely any fortune and had received a very limited education - but was a man to whom nature had been bountiful, and who had assiduously improved her gifts.
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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 my youth. He was my only intelligent companion, and was both a watchful parent and an affectionate friend.
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There is no conclusive evidence of life after death. But there is no evidence of any sort against it. You will know soon enough - why worry about it?
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A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law.
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