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"14 John Marshall Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 24 September 1755. Died: 6 July 1835 | Politician | Lawyer |

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

Power Tax Destroy
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The most lively fancy aided by the strongest description cannot equal the reality of the opera.

Lively Equal Reality Opera
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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

Government Powers Action Law
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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.

Law Nature Contract Rights
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To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Listen Powerful Communication Influence
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What is it that makes us trust our judges? Their independence in office and manner of appointment.

Trust Judges Independence Office
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The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection.

Civil liberty Right Laws Government
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What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue.

Democracy Justice Faith Virtue
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A legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law.
Legislative Constitution Law
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In a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.

Government Rights Power Citizen
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The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him.

Law Man Life Act
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The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their own will, and lives only by their will.

People Constitution Will Lives
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This government is acknowledged by all, to be one of enumerated powers.

Government Enumerated Powers
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The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional.

Moment Measure Wise Constitutional
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John Marshall Quotes & Sayings