John Marshall Quotes on Power

3 quotes

  1. 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.

  2. Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist with the letter and spirit of the constitution, are constitutional.

  3. The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

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