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Quotation from Barron v. Baltimore by Supreme Court of the United States
“If these propositions be correct, the fifth amendment must be understood as restraining the power of the General Government, not as applicable to the States.”
Barron v. Baltimore, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Marshall draws the conclusion from his account of who made the Constitution and for what government.
Citation: "If these propositions be correct, the fifth amendment must be understood as restraining the power of the General Government, not as applicable to the States." — Supreme Court of the United States, Barron v. Baltimore, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id barron-v-baltimore-q3)
Portrait: John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832, Henry Inman, Public domain.
