Albert Beveridge: “The opening words of Marshall are majestic: "A sovereign state denies the obligation of a law ... of the Union....”

When we consult the common good, we consult our own." In such considerations were found the greatest security from an improper exercise of power.

The nature of men forbids us to conclude that we are in no danger from war.

The Alien and Sedition Laws were, they asserted, the beginning of monarchy, the foundation of absolutism.

In argument and reasoning he was the equal if not the superior of Madison himself; and his grim personality made the meek one of Madison seem tender in comparison.