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> [The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter when published. Every freeman has an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/the-liberty-of-the-press-is-indeed-essential-to-the-nature-of-a-free/)

[William Blackstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blackstone/)

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## More by William Blackstone

> [Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/upon-these-two-foundations-the-law-of-nature-and-the-law-of/)

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> [It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/it-is-better-that-ten-guilty-persons-escape-than-one-innocent-suffer/)

[William Blackstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blackstone/)

> [ Trial by jury is a privilege of the highest and most beneficial nature \[and\] our most important guardian both of public and private liberty.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/trial-by-jury-is-a-privilege-of-the-highest-and-most-beneficial/)

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> [The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/the-royal-navy-of-england-hath-ever-been-its-greatest-defense-and/)

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> [And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated and attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/and-lastly-to-vindicate-these-rights-when-actually-violated-and/)

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> [The most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of law, when the words are dubious, is by considering the reason and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/the-most-universal-and-effectual-way-of-discovering-the-true-meaning/)

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> [Those rights, then, which God and nature have established, and are therefore called natural rights, such as life and liberty, need not the aid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/those-rights-then-which-god-and-nature-have-established-and-are/)

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> [The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/the-law-which-restrains-a-man-from-doing-mischief-to-his-fellow/)

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> [The doctrines thus delivered we call the revealed or divine law, and they are to be found only in the holy scriptures.. are found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/the-doctrines-thus-delivered-we-call-the-revealed-or-divine-law-and/)

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> [Herein indeed consists the excellence of the English government, that all parts of it form a mutual check upon each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/herein-indeed-consists-the-excellence-of-the-english-government-that/)

[William Blackstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blackstone/)

> [The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/the-public-good-is-in-nothing-more-essentially-interested-than-in-the/)

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> [No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/no-enactment-of-man-can-be-considered-law-unless-it-conforms-to-the/)

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> [Time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/time-whereof-the-memory-of-man-runneth-not-to-the-contrary/)

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> [Of crimes injurious to the persons of private subjects, the most principal and important is the offense of taking away that life, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/of-crimes-injurious-to-the-persons-of-private-subjects-the-most/)

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> [Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/law-is-the-embodiment-of-the-moral-sentiment-of-the-people/)

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