Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
John Marshall
American Jurist, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
"A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law."
"The power to tax is the power to destroy."
"Indeed, in a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen."
"To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well."
"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."