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

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.

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

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.

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.

God thundered again and again through the prophets that worship in the context of mistreatment of the poor and disadvantaged is an outrage.

To confront death, in any guise, is to identify with the victim and face what is unsettling and sobering

A woman artist could be one of those intuitive geniuses [who] have kept their childlike spirit and have added to it breadth of vision and experience.

I fooled around and fell in love.

I just love drama. I love the idea of exploring relationships, whatever they may be. That's fun for me.

In the decades to come, the successful places will tend to be the smaller traditional towns and cities with viable farming hinterlands.

Censorship is always cause for celebration. It is always an opportunity because it reveals fear of reform. It means that the power position is so weak that you have got to care what people think.

I am ashes where once I was fire.

I've really enjoyed my three years at 'Hollyoaks.' I worked with the most amazing people.

There's a key for every door, and if you can't find it, you can make one. That's always an option.