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William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield Quotes: 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.


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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.



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.



Possession is nine-tenths of the law.

Possession is nine-tenths of the law.



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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Theology sits rouged at the window and courts philosophy's favor, offering to sell her charms to it.

Theology sits rouged at the window and courts philosophy's favor, offering to sell her charms to it.



I try to learn from the past but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.

I try to learn from the past but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.



I do not suffer from Autism, but I do suffer from the way you treat me.

I do not suffer from Autism, but I do suffer from the way you treat me.



When you work hard all day with your head and know you must work again the next day what else can change your ideas and make them run on a different plane like whisky?

When you work hard all day with your head and know you must work again the next day what else can change your ideas and make them run on a different plane like whisky?



To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.



Who shall forbid a wise skepticism, seeing that there is no practical question on which anything more than an approximate solution can be had?

Who shall forbid a wise skepticism, seeing that there is no practical question on which anything more than an approximate solution can be had?



To quote the Tsalagi, you should never allow your yesterday to use up too much of today. The past is gone and tomorrow is at best a maybe. Live for this moment because it may be all you'll ever have.

To quote the Tsalagi, you should never allow your yesterday to use up too much of today. The past is gone and tomorrow is at best a maybe. Live for this moment because it may be all you'll ever have.



People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have. That is one of the facts that make life so discouraging.

People who have few possessions cling tightly to those they have. That is one of the facts that make life so discouraging.



You don't need to manage the clock when you score in one play.

You don't need to manage the clock when you score in one play.




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