All William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield Quotes
- The air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe, and so everyone who breathes it becomes free. Everyone who comes to this… Air
- Humanism or atheism is a wonderful philosophy of life as long as you are big, strong, and between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five. But… Age
- A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations. Bad
- Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will… Accordingly
- Let justice be done, though the heavens fall. Fall
- We are completely void of anything to do with God. Teachers can't touch a child - even to hug a crying child. Young boys are… Act
- An estimated value is a precarious measure of justice, compared with the specific thing. Compared
- Decide promptly, but never give any reasons. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong. Any
- True liberty can exist only when justice is equally administered to all Administered
- True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after. Followed
- Possession is nine-tenths of the law. Inspirational
- God help the patient. God
- I will not avoid doing what I think is right, though it should draw on me the whole artillery that falsehood and malice can invent,… Artillery