"The public good is in nothing more essentially……" — William Blackstone
"The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights."
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William Blackstone
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28 Quotes by William Blackstone
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It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
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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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More Essentially Quotes
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Friendship is essentially a partnership.
— Aristotle
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Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was…
— Karen Armstrong
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All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which…
— Margaret Atwood
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I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's…
— Margaret Atwood
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The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially…
— Ibrahim Babangida
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The Christian response is contained in these two fundamental dogmas: that of the Trinity and that of the Incarnation. In…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while…
— Honore de Balzac
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Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics.
— John Banville
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In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of evolution, not revolution.
— Bela Bartok
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Pride is essentially competitive in nature. We pit our will against God's.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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A drawing is essentially a private work, related only to the artist's own needs; a 'finished' statue or canvas is…
— John Berger
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Importantly, in the 1930s, in the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve, despite its mandate, was quite passive and, as a…
— Ben Bernanke
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