An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation. - John Marshall
It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is. - John Marshall
The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him. - John Marshall
The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. - John Marshall
. . . a constitution, intended toendure for ages to come, andconsequently, to be adapted to thevarious crises of human affairs. - John Marshall