Quotes from WILLIAM BLACKSTONE

The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength, - the floating bulwark of our island.

By marriage the husband and wife are one person in law, that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during marriage.

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

Free men have arms; slaves do not.

The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind.

No outward doors of a man's house can in general be broken open to execute any civil process; though in criminal cases the public safety supersedes the private.

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.