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No Principle Of General Law Is More Universally Acknowledged, Than The Perfect Equality Of Nations. Russia And Geneva Have Equal Rights. It Results From This Equality, That No One Can Rightfully Impose A Rule On Another....as No Nation Can Prescribe A Rule For Others, None Can Make A Law Of Nations.

The Government Of The Union, Then, ... Is, Emphatically, And Truly, A Government Of The People. In Form And In Substance It Emanates From Them. Its Powers Are Granted By Them, And Are To Be Exercised Directly On Them, And For Their Benefit.

It Is Emphatically The Province And Duty Of The Judicial Department To Say What The Law Is.

The People Made The Constitution, And The People Can Unmake It. It Is The Creature Of Their Own Will, And Lives Only By Their Will.

The Most Lively Fancy Aided By The Strongest Description Cannot Equal The Reality Of The Opera.