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Precedent Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The faults of a writer of acknowledged excellence are more dangerous, because the influence of his example is more extensive; and the interest of learning…
- As to precedents, to be sure they will increase in course of time; but the more precedents there are, the less occasion is there for…
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- With my daughter, who at the time was one, my domestic life needed to take more precedent and really with my own… — Graham Coxon
- Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans. — Max Baucus
- I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be… — Clara Barton
- It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first… — James Madison
- It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes to be… — James Madison
- If you are strong enough, there are no precedents. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
- It is in vain to oppose constitutional barriers to the impulse of self-preservation. It is worse than in vain; because it plants… — James Madison
- Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time. — Elbert Hubbard