The Government Of The United States Has

Whether A Law Be Void For Its Repugnancy To The Constitution, Is, At All Times, A Question Of Much Delicacy, Which Out Seldom, If Ever, To Be Decided In The Affirmative, In Doubtful Case. ... But It Is Not On Slight Implication And Vague Conjecture That The Legislature Is To Be Pronounced To Have Transcended Its Powers, And Its Acts To Be Considered As Void. The Opposition Between The Constitution And The Law Should Be Such That The Judge Feels A Clear And Strong Conviction Of Their Incompatibility With Each Other.

A Legislative Act Contrary To The Constitution Is Not Law.

My Gift Of John Marshall To The People Of The United States Was The Proudest Act Of My Life. There Is No Act Of My Life On Which I Reflect With More Pleasure. I Have Given To My Country A Judge Equal To A Hole, Holt, Or A Mansfield.

I Have Always Believed That National Character... Depends More On The Female Part Of Society Than Is Generally Imagined. Precepts From The Lips Of A Beloved Mother... Sink Deep In The Heart, And Make An Impression Which Is Seldom Entirely Effaced.

To Obtain A Just Compromise, Concession Must Not Only Mutual-it Must Be Equal Also....there Can Be No Hope That Either Will Yield More Than It Gets In Return.