It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.

The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength, - the floating bulwark of our island.

No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God

[Self-defense is] justly called the primary law of nature, so it is not, neither can it be in fact, taken away by the laws of society.

Free men have arms; slaves do not.

Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people.

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.

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws.

The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband.

By marriage the husband and wife are one person in law, that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during marriage.

Writers are always alone, even in a room bursting with noises of the familiar.

It doesn’t matter why I want to leave. You’re the reason I want to stay.

I've always said, not giving too much away, I'm a believer in having all your stars on the pitch.

It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.

I'll call you," Manny said. "You do that, my man. You frickin' do that." -Manny to V

As if finding a guy to solve your problems isn't a contradiction of terms.

Christopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon The author of Lear remains unshaken Willie Herbert or Mary Fitton What does it matter? The Sonnets were written.

It is impossible to be just if one is not generous.

Organizations should try to find out if their learning programs actually work.