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William Blackstone [1723-1780] English
Rank: 101
Judge, Jurist


Sir William Blackstone SL KC was an English jurist, judge and Tory politician of the eighteenth century. He is most noted for writing the Commentaries on the Laws of England.

Alone, Courage, Society, Strength



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The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband.
101
That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.
102
It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.
103
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. Strength
104
The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind.
105
Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it. Alone, Courage, Society
106
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.
107
Free men have arms; slaves do not.
108
No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God.
109
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.
110

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