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Quotation from McCulloch v. Maryland by Supreme Court of the United States
“In considering this question, then, we must never forget that it is a Constitution we are expounding.”
McCulloch v. Maryland, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), first question (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Chief Justice Marshall concludes his account of why a constitution marks only great outlines and leaves the means to be inferred.
Citation: "In considering this question, then, we must never forget that it is a Constitution we are expounding." — Supreme Court of the United States, McCulloch v. Maryland, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), first question (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id mcculloch-v-maryland-q1)
Portrait: John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832, Henry Inman, Public domain.
