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John S Hall Inspirational Quotes (42)

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If I work hard and am rewarded, then I haven't really gained anything. It has been a trade: I've put in, and I've gotten back. Only if I am rewarded without having done anything have I actually come out ahead. The best way to gain the most is to do nothing.
John S. Hall
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The federal government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it . . . is now universally admitted.
John Marshall
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Seldom has a battle, in which greater numbers were not engaged, been so important in its consequences as that of Cowpens.
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The task that lies before me is daunting and the rewards are uncertain. I should probably let someone else do it.
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A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law.
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I fear we may live to see another revolution.
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The particular phraseology of the Constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written constitutions, that a law repugnant to the Constitution is void and that courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument.
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I want to be different. Just like all the other different people I want to be like. I want to be just like all the different people and assert my individuality along with others who are different like me.
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The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their own will, and lives only by their will.
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My father was a really great man. I'll never forget the last thing he ever said to me. Nor will I ever repeat it.
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What are the maxims of Democracy? A strict observance of justice and public faith, and a steady adherence to virtue.
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When I'm feeling proud of myself, I should remember to ask myself why I think I am of any value at all. I have done nothing that a hundred thousand other people couldn't do, and most of them would probably do it better, and they probably wouldn't feel so self-important about it. I should always be ashamed of myself.
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I am not well suited to the tasks that are set before me today. Most of what I must do is either insulting to my intelligence, or far beyond my capabilities. This explains why I am so frustrated and full of rage most of the time.
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The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional.
John Marshall
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In a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.
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No political dreamer was ever wild enough to think of breaking down the lines which separate the States and compounding the American people into one common mass.
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No one imagines that a law professing to tax will be permitted to destroy.
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I've done bad things with relish, and good things with pickles.
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I'm a vegetarian now, but I'm willing to make an exception in the event I'm presented with people. Because I've always been fairly standoffish I have this tendency not to get to know people very well. And I don't think there is any better way to get to know humanity than to ingest it.
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Today, I will try to remember to regret the past. I will think of how many mistakes I have made throughout my life. I will say to myself, If only I could go back in time and make different choices, so that my life could be the way it should have been. Then I will remind myself that I cannot.
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The power to tax involves the power to destroy...the power to destroy may defeat and render useless the power to create.
John Marshall
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To obtain a just compromise, concession must not only mutual-it must be equal also....There can be no hope that either will yield more than it gets in return.
John Marshall
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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.
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The fact that many people overindulge, and lose themselves in excess, and make fools of themselves and act like idiots, is no reason for me to do these things. The reason for me to do these things is that I, too, am an idiot.
John S. Hall
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