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Quotation from McCulloch v. Maryland by Supreme Court of the United States
“This provision is made in a Constitution intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.”
McCulloch v. Maryland, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), first question (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Marshall explains why the framers would not have confined Congress to the narrowest possible choice of means.
Citation: "This provision is made in a Constitution intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." — 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-q6)
Portrait: John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832, Henry Inman, Public domain.
