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William Blackstone
English
Judge
About the author
That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.
William Blackstone,
English
Judge
#Wrong
#English
#Constitution
The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island.
William Blackstone,
English
Judge
#Strength
#Defense
#England
#Navy
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.
William Blackstone,
English
Judge
#Public
#Nothing
#Protection
#Rights
The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind.
William Blackstone,
English
Judge
#Liberty
#Law
#Man
#Mankind
The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband.
William Blackstone,
English
Judge
#Wife
#Husband
No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God.
William Blackstone,
English
Judge
#God
#Law
#Man
Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.
William Blackstone,
English
Judge
#Men
#Society
#Living
#Courage
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
William Blackstone,
English
Judge
Free men have arms; slaves do not.
William Blackstone,
English
Judge
#Men
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.
William Blackstone,
English
Judge
#Will
#Law
#Community
#Property