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In short, he was what would now be termed a liberal conservative (although, of course, such a phrase, descriptive of that demarcation, did not then exist).
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Beveridge characterizes John Marshall as a 'liberal conservative,' a term that did not exist in his time but reflects his political stance.
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There can be little doubt that a majority of the people did not favor the Constitution when adopted by the Convention and ratified by the States.
That time, however, is unquestionably arrived, and every oppression now exercised on a helpless people depending on our magnanimity and justice for the preservation of their existence impresses a deep stain on the American character.
There was about him so little of 'the insolence of office,' and so much of the benignity of the man, that his presence always produced ... the most delightful impressions.
What a gloom will spread over the nation when he is gone!
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