Cases Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“With some justice, I think, I could claim that it is all right as a beginning to leave a principle in a somewhat fuzzy…

— Robert Nozick

“An 'established principle' is the one which will never become untrue, irrespective of time.”

— Dada Bhagwan

The rules and principles of case law have never been treated as final truths but as working hypotheses, continually retested in those great laboratories…

— Benjamin N. Cardozo

A true principle makes decisions clear even under the most confusing and challenging circumstances.

— Richard G. Scott

It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.

— Thomas Jefferson

The use of cases is to establish principles; if the cases decide different from the principles, I must follow the principles, not the decisions.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

General propositions do not decide concrete cases. The decision will depend on a judgment or intuition more subtle than any articulate major premise.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

The most fundamental principle of the law is that it must apply equally to everyone.

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

A new principle cannot be put into effect without bringing with it new mistakes. But we may, however, be convinced that the laws of…

— Ellen Key

As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part, that these…

— George Washington

Principle is ever my motto, no expediency.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Let principles make decisions.

— Jack Hyles