William Blackstone Quotes

Free men have arms; slaves do not.
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.
No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God.
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.
That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.
The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband.
The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind.
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.
The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island.

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William Blackstone
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Judge
BirthDate
10 July, 1723
DeathDate
14 February, 1780
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