Free men have arms; slaves do not. |
Herein indeed consists the excellence of the English government, that all parts of it form a mutual check upon each other. |
Herein indeed consists the excellence of the English government, that all parts of it form a mutual check upon each other. |
If [the legislature] will positively enact a thing to be done, the judges are not at liberty to reject it, for that were to set the judicial power above that of the legislature, which would be subversive of all government. |
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; wherever these two powers are united together, there can be no public lib |
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. |
It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. |
Man...must necessarily be subject to the laws of his Creator, for he is entirely a dependent being...And, consequently, as man depends absolutely upon his Maker for everything, it is necessary that he should in all points conform to his Maker's will. |
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 |
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 king never dies. |