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.
John MarshallThe federal government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it . . . is now universally admitted.
John MarshallIt is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.
John MarshallThe peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional.
John Marshall