The law rarely hesitates in declaring its own meaning; but the Judges are frequently puzzled to find out the meaning of others. — William Blackstone Copy Share Image
Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws. — William Blackstone Copy Share
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer. — William Blackstone Copy Share
Trial by jury is a privilege of the highest and most beneficial nature [and] our most important guardian both of public and private liberty.… — William Blackstone Copy Share
The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of… — William Blackstone Copy Share
And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated and attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular… — William Blackstone Copy Share
The most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of law, when the words are dubious, is by considering the reason and… — William Blackstone Copy Share
Those rights, then, which God and nature have established, and are therefore called natural rights, such as life and liberty, need not the aid… — William Blackstone Copy Share
The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind. — William Blackstone Copy Share
The doctrines thus delivered we call the revealed or divine law, and they are to be found only in the holy scriptures.. are found… — William Blackstone Copy Share
Herein indeed consists the excellence of the English government, that all parts of it form a mutual check upon each other. — William Blackstone Copy Share
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights. — William Blackstone Copy Share
No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God — William Blackstone Copy Share
Of crimes injurious to the persons of private subjects, the most principal and important is the offense of taking away that life, which is… — William Blackstone Copy Share
