The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional.

- John Marshall

It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is.

- John Marshall

What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue.

- John Marshall

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

- John Marshall

I fear we may live to see another revolution.

- John Marshall

A constitution is framed for ages to come, and is designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it.

- John Marshall

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

- John Marshall

Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos.

- John Marshall

The 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 Marshall