84 Quotes by John Marshall

. . . a constitution, intended toendure for ages to come, andconsequently, to be adapted to thevarious crises of human affairs.

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.

The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.

It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

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

...the particular phraseology of the Constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written constitutions, that a law repugnant to the Constitution is void; and that courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument.

We've already talked; we've done some pre-work on Jacksonville. I'm on the phone with him all the time. It's Ray's game plan, and we're just executing it.