It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer. Sir William Blackstone
The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island. Sir William Blackstone
So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community. Sir William Blackstone
In all tyrannical governments the supreme magistracy, or the right both of making and of enforcing the laws, is vested in one and the same man, or one and the same body of men; and wherever these two powers are united together, there can be no public liberty. Sir William Blackstone
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual’s private rights. Sir William Blackstone
That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution. Sir William Blackstone
The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind. Sir William Blackstone
Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people. Sir William Blackstone
And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated and attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law; next to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self preservation and defense. Sir William Blackstone