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As the Chief Justice of the United States, Marshall increased the cohesiveness and power of the Supreme Court. The Marshall court would issue more than 1,000 opinions, many of them creating important precedents that quietly asserted the role of the Supreme Court as the final arbiter of Constitutional questions. He served thirty-four years as Chief Justice, the longest such tenure in Supreme Court history.
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"I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion."
