...language to the same effect, and quoted Chief Justice Marshall to the effect that Constitutions are "designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it." Plainly, if our Constitution is to remain a vital document in this age of machines and all manner of...

...President, he made his speech at Harrisburg. Chief Justice Marshall, as you will recall, long ago said that "a constitution is framed for ages to come, and is...as nearly as human institutions can approach it." Throughout our history, the people as a whole have regarded and revered the Constitution of the United...

...Philadelphia remains the fundamental law of our land. Chief Justice Marshall wrote that the Constitution was "designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it." Our Constitution is by far the oldest written framework for government in existence. The extraordinary...

...public interests, should require. (Martin, v. Hunter (1816) 1 Wheat. 304, 326, Justice Story.) * * * But a constitution is framed for ages to come, and is...unwise statesmen indeed, if they have not provided it, so far as its nature will permit, with the means of self-preservation from the perils it may be destined...

...and then he justified his action in a powerful opinion rendered in the case of Cohens vs. Virginia. "A constitution is framed for ages to come and is...as nearly as human institutions can approach it," the Chief Justice wrote. "Its course cannot always be tranquil. It is exposed to storms and tempests,...

...Harriman, of New York, began his proclamation DIMC with a quotation from John Marshall : Js,k m, c A Constitution is framed for ages to come and is designed...immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it. d to: Closing the proclamation, he said : On the 200th anniversary of his birth it is fitting and proper...

...struggle. And in the words of Chief Justice Marshall, they were secured "for ages to come, and . . . designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it," Cohens v. Virginia, 6 Wheat. 264, 387 (1821). Over 70 years ago, our predecessors on this Court eloquently...

...struggle. And in the words of Chief Justice Marshall, they were secured "for ages to come, and . . . designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it," Cohens v. Virginia, 6 Wheat. 264, 387 (1821). Over 70 years ago, our predecessors on this Court eloquently...

...documents, designed to meet passing occasions. They are, to use the words of Chief Justice Marshall, "designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it." The future is their care and provision for events of good and bad tendencies of which no prophecy can...

...enactments, designed to meet passing occasions. They are, to use the words of Chief Justice Marshall, "designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it." The future is their care and provision for events of good and bad tendencies of which no prophecy can...