Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2005-06-18 Jun 17, 2005And, 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 BlackstoneIn questions of law or of fact conscience is very often confounded with opinion. No man’s conscience can tell him the rights of another man; they must be known by rational investigation or historical inquiry.~ Dr. Samuel JohnsonI consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet devised by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.~ Thomas Jefferson Jun 16, 2005Liberty is the soul's right to breathe and, when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight.~ Rev. Henry Ward BeecherLawyers [are] operators of the toll bridge across which anyone in search of justice has to pass.~ Jane Bryant QuinnIt is a maxim among lawyers that whatever hath been done before may be done again, and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind. These, under the name of precedents, they produce as authorities to justify the most iniquitous opinions, and the judges never fail of directing them accordingly.~ Jonathan Swift Jun 15, 2005The man who lives under the servitude of laws takes, without being aware of it, the soul of a slave.~ Georges RipertThere is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.~ Henry FieldingThe internal effects of a mutable policy are [...] calamitous. It poisons the blessings of liberty itself. It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man who knows what the law is today can guess what it will be tomorrow.~ James Madison Jun 14, 2005I hear much of people's calling out to punish the guilty, but very few are concerned to clear the innocent.~ Daniel DefoeWhen dealing with a legal matter - always remember that you are your own best advocate. No one will care as much about the case as you do. Use lawyers but remember - you must take primary responsibility for a successful outcome.~ Grant D. FairleyLet the laws be clear, uniform and precise; to interpret laws is almost always to corrupt them.~ Voltaire Jun 13, 2005If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.~ Jimmy CarterBeware of those who would use violence, too often it is violence they want and neither truth nor freedom.~ Louis LamourThe pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.~ Oscar Wilde Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print