It Is Better That Ten Guilty Persons

Time Whereof The Memory Of Man Runneth Not To The Contrary.

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 Most Universal And Effectual Way Of Discovering The True Meaning Of Law, When The Words Are Dubious, Is By Considering The Reason And Spirit Of It; Or The Cause Which Moved The Legislator To Enact It. For When This Reason Ceased, The Law Itself Ought Likewise To Cease With It.

[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.

The Bible Has Always Been Regarded As Part Of The Common Law Of England.