Author: John Marshall

Quotes

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.

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

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

- 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.

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

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

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

- John Marshall

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.

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 Marshall

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