Quotes by : John Marshall

The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection....

I was born on the 24th of September 1755 in the county of Fauquier, at that time one of the frontier....

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond....

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

My father superintended the English part of my education, and to his care I am indebted for anything....

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

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 power to tax involves the power to destroy.

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