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Possession is nine-tenths of the law.


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Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong.

Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong.



Decide promptly, but never give any reasons for your decisions. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong.

Decide promptly, but never give any reasons for your decisions. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong.



True liberty can exist only when justice is equally administered to all

True liberty can exist only when justice is equally administered to all



I will not avoid doing what I think is right, though it should draw on me the whole artillery that falsehood and malice can invent, or the credulity a deluded population can swallow.

I will not avoid doing what I think is right, though it should draw on me the whole artillery that falsehood and malice can invent, or the credulity a deluded population can swallow.



Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.



An estimated value is a precarious measure of justice, compared with the specific thing.

An estimated value is a precarious measure of justice, compared with the specific thing.



Uncertain justice by a verdict is much better than certain injustice.

Uncertain justice by a verdict is much better than certain injustice.



True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after.

True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after.



It is iniquitous, unjust, and most impolitic to persecute for religion's sake. It is against natural religion, revealed religion, and sound policy.

It is iniquitous, unjust, and most impolitic to persecute for religion's sake. It is against natural religion, revealed religion, and sound policy.



Rules of property ought to be generally known, and not to be left upon loose notes, which rather serve to confound principles, than to confirm them.

Rules of property ought to be generally known, and not to be left upon loose notes, which rather serve to confound principles, than to confirm them.





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The boy with the haunted eyes was Dory's secret. Eli. And she knew that she had to see him again.

The boy with the haunted eyes was Dory's secret. Eli. And she knew that she had to see him again.



Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice.

Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice.



I’m all about making money. It’s the greatest thing, because it means you get money to spend.

I’m all about making money. It’s the greatest thing, because it means you get money to spend.



You've got to be willing to forgive and say, 'God, get something good out of something bad.' And if you'll make that choice... God will do it.

You've got to be willing to forgive and say, 'God, get something good out of something bad.' And if you'll make that choice... God will do it.



Yeah, after each of my downhill putts.

Yeah, after each of my downhill putts.



Our minds have the need to know. When we dont know we make assumptions - they make us feel safer than not knowing. And we are pretty much always making assumptions.

Our minds have the need to know. When we dont know we make assumptions - they make us feel safer than not knowing. And we are pretty much always making assumptions.



On some issues, I'm a staunch Conservative — like curtailing greenhouse gas emissions so that we can Conserve the environment.

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I always said 'yes' to everything.

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Communication across the revolutionary divide is inevitably partial.

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