John James Marshall (1755–1835) was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. His court opinions helped lay the basis for United States constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with the legislative and executive branches. Previously, Marshall had been a leader of the Federalist Party in Virginia and served in the United States House of Representatives from 1799 to 1800. He was Secretary of State under President John Adams from 1800 to 1801.
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No political dreamer was ever wild enough to think of breaking down the lines which separate the States, and of compounding the American people into one common mass.
—John Marshall
The power to tax is the power to destroy.
—John Marshall
Topics: Taxes, Taxation
To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.
—John Marshall
Topics: Listening, Communication
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