Dancing Quote by Laurence Sterne

Precedent goes in support of justice.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution…

— George Washington

What is today supported by precedents will hereafter become a precedent.

— Tacitus

That's the problem with precedents. Even the extreme ones tend to get repeated.

— Ari Melber

Precedents once established are so much positive power.

— James Madison

A precedent provides legal authority for an action precisely because it occurred before.

— Ari Melber

All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures.

— Julius Caesar

Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.

— Sallust

I Do not Follow Precedent, I Set New Precedents for Others to Follow.

— Anton Singh

I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how…

— Clara Barton

“But the fact that judges follow precedent regularly even though not invariably does not support the legalistic theory as strongly as one might expect.…

— Richard A. Posner

Well, a precedent is being broken.

— Anonymous