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.
John MarshallNo political dreamer was ever wild enough to think of breaking down the lines which separate the States and compounding the American people into one common mass.
John MarshallA corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law.
John MarshallThe 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.
John Marshall