"It is better that ten guilty escape than……" — William Blackstone
"It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer."
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28 Quotes by William Blackstone
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The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.
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That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.
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The sciences are of a sociable disposition, and flourish best in the neighborhood of each other; nor is there any…
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Punishments of unreasonable severity, especially where indiscriminately afflicted, have less effect in preventing crimes, and amending the manners of a…
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THIS law of nature, being co-eval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to…
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Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws.
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The third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of . . . the sacred and inviolable rights of…
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Herein indeed consists the excellence of the English government, that all parts of it form a mutual check upon each…
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Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.
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Free men have arms; slaves do not.
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The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying…
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The Bible has always been regarded as part of the Common Law of England.
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