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Quotation from Marbury v. Madison by Supreme Court of the United States
“The Government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men.”
Marbury v. Madison, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), on the second question (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Marshall invokes a phrase from the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 to argue that the laws must furnish a remedy for a vested legal right.
Citation: "The Government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men." — Supreme Court of the United States, Marbury v. Madison, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), on the second question (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id marbury-v-madison-q3)
Portrait: John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832, Henry Inman, Public domain.
