Indeed, in a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen

Quote by John Marshall

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

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

The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of...

The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of...

Indeed, in a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government...

Indeed, in a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government...

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

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

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything...

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything...

Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.

Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.

It is easier for a republican form of government to be applauded than realized.

It is easier for a republican form of government to be applauded than realized.

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that...

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that...

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to...

People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to...

Once we roared like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security! The...

Once we roared like lions for liberty; now we bleat like sheep for security! The...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

In all great changes of established governments, forms ought to give way to substance

In all great changes of established governments, forms ought to give way to substance

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a...

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a...

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of...

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of...

The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the...

The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the...

Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues...

Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues...

The four pillars of government . . . (which are religion, justice, counsel, and treasure).

The four pillars of government . . . (which are religion, justice, counsel, and treasure).

This idea of weapons of mass exterminations utterly horrible and is something which no one...

This idea of weapons of mass exterminations utterly horrible and is something which no one...