11 John Marshall Quotes for You to Enjoy

John Marshall

American Judge

Born: Sep 24, 1755

Died: Jul 6, 1835

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

Communication Powerful Talk Well Listen Influence Means

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

Trust Independence Our Judges Makes Office Us Manner Appointment

The power to tax is the power to destroy. John Marshall

Power Destroy Tax

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. John Marshall

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. John Marshall

Life Family Events Worth My Life Too Preserving Immediate Render Person Any Interest Little Them Communicating Unimportant

If the agency of the mother in forming the character of her children is, in truth, so considerable, as I think it - if she does so much toward making her son what she would wish him to be - how essential is it that she should be fitted for the beneficial performance of these important duties. John Marshall

Truth Character Son Mother Wish Important Think Beneficial Considerable Would Toward Performance She Him Does How Making Fitted Essential Duties Children Forming Agency Much Should Her

The constitution controls any legislative act repugnant to it. John Marshall

Constitution Any Controls Legislative Repugnant Act

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. John Marshall

Nature Rights Law Those Absolute Divest Repeal Contract Vested Cannot

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. John Marshall

I was born on the 24th of September 1755 in the county of Fauquier, at that time one of the frontier counties of Virginia. My father possessed scarcely any fortune and had received a very limited education - but was a man to whom nature had been bountiful, and who had assiduously improved her gifts. John Marshall

Education Time Nature Man Father September Virginia Possessed Gifts Scarcely Born Had Counties County Limited Been Very Improved Any Frontier Fortune Who Whom Her Received

Paris presents one incessant round of amusement & dissipation but very little, I believe - even for its inhabitants of that society - which interests the heart. Every day, you may see something new, magnificent & beautiful; every night, you may see a spectacle which astonishes & enchants the imagination. John Marshall

Beautiful Day You Heart Every Day Believe Every Society Imagination Dissipation See Something Paris Something New Magnificent New Very May Which Little Interests Inhabitants Incessant Even Round Spectacle Every Night Night Amusement Presents

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