Author: William Blackstone

Quotes

Free men have arms; slaves do not.

Free men have arms; slaves do not.

- William Blackstone

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

- William Blackstone

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.

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

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.

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

No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God.

No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God.

- William Blackstone

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