Junius Quotes on Law
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One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was fact, today is doctrine.
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The submission of free people to the executive authority of government, is no more than a compliance with laws which they themselves have enacted.
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Loyalty, in the heart and understanding of an englishman, is a rational attachment to the guardian of the laws.
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The least considerable man among us has an interest equal to the proudest nobleman, in the laws and constitution of his country, and is equally called upon to make a generous contribution in support of them - whether it be the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.
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The government of England is a government of law. We betray ourselves, we contradict the spirit of our laws, and we shake the whole system of English jurisprudence, whenever we entrust a discretionary power over the life, liberty, or fortune of the subject to any man, or set of men, whatsoever, upon a presumption that it will not be abused.