The most lively fancy aided by the strongest description cannot equal the reality of the opera.
John MarshallThe 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.
John MarshallThe people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their own will, and lives only by their will.
John MarshallState inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress. ... Inspection laws, quarantine laws, health laws of every description, as well as laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c., are component parts of this mass. No direct general power over these objects is granted to Congress, and, consequently, they remain subject to State legislation.
John Marshall