When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those rights. John Marshall Read Quote
My father superintended the English part of my education, and to his care I am indebted for anything valuable which I may have acquired in my youth. He was my only intelligent companion, and was both a watchful parent and an affectionate friend. John Marshall Read Quote
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. John Marshall Read Quote
Paris presents one incessant round of amusement & dissipation but very little, I believe – even for its inhabitants of that society – which interests the heart. Every day, you may see something new, magnificent & beautiful; every night, you may see a spectacle which astonishes & enchants the imagination. John Marshall Read Quote
During intervals of humanity, some disposition has been manifested to permit the return of those who have never offended, who have been banished by a terror which the government itself has reprobated, & to permit in case of arrestation, an investigation of the fact of emigration as well as of the identity of the person accus’d. John Marshall Read Quote
When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those rights. The people can act only by their agents and, within the powers conferred upon them, their acts must be considered as the acts of the people. John Marshall Read Quote
If the agency of the mother in forming the character of her children is, in truth, so considerable, as I think it – if she does so much toward making her son what she would wish him to be – how essential is it that she should be fitted for the beneficial performance of these important duties. John Marshall Read Quote
The events of my life are too unimportant, and have too little interest for any person not of my immediate family, to render them worth communicating or preserving. John Marshall Read Quote
To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well. John Marshall Read Quote
