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John Marshall Quotes

American - Judge | September 24, 1755 - July 6, 1835

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 Law Action Constitution

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.

Law Constitution Say Duty Level

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Communication Influence Powerful Talk

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.

Strength Great Influence Revolution

The constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it.

Constitution Legislative Act Controls

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

Trust Independence Judges Office Us

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.

Nature Law Rights Contract Cannot

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.

Life Family My Life Worth Person

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.

Government Liberty First Right Laws

I have always believed that national character... depends more on the female part of society than is generally imagined. Precepts from the lips of a beloved mother... sink deep in the heart, and make an impression which is seldom entirely effaced.

Mother Character Heart Society Deep

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.

Education Friend Father I Am Youth

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.

Nature People Law Rights Within Act

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