The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare, nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements

Quote by John Marshal

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There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of...

There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of...

The People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution...

The People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution...

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of...

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of...

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said...

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said...

The American constitutions were to liberty, what a grammar is to language: they define its...

The American constitutions were to liberty, what a grammar is to language: they define its...

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at...

The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at...

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary....

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary....

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there...

The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there...

The Constitution does not grant rights, it recognizes them

The Constitution does not grant rights, it recognizes them

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave...

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Health coverage for regular citizens isn't mandated by the Constitution, but we're obligated to provide...

Health coverage for regular citizens isn't mandated by the Constitution, but we're obligated to provide...

The primary function of the government is - and here I am quoting directly from...

The primary function of the government is - and here I am quoting directly from...

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain -...

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain -...

The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or...

The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or...