"Possession is nine-tenths of the law." — William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

"Possession is nine-tenths of the law."

— William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

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13 Quotes by William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

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The air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe, and so everyone who breathes it becomes free.…
Humanism or atheism is a wonderful philosophy of life as long as you are big, strong, and between the ages…
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.
Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be…
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
We are completely void of anything to do with God. Teachers can't touch a child - even to hug a…
An estimated value is a precarious measure of justice, compared with the specific thing.
Decide promptly, but never give any reasons. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong.
True liberty can exist only when justice is equally administered to all
True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after.
God help the patient.
I will not avoid doing what I think is right, though it should draw on me the whole artillery that…

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