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William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, PC, SL (2 March 1705 – 20 March 1793) was a British barrister, politician and judge noted for his reform of English law. Born to Scottish nobility, he was educated in Perth, Scotland, before moving to London at the age of 13 to take up a place at Westminster School. He was accepted into Christ Church, Oxford, in May 1723, and graduated four years later. Returning to London from Oxford, he was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn on 23 November 1730, and quickly gained a reputation as an excellent barrister.

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There is no positive law: Many things are bad by that, which otherwise were not.

Law, Things, Positive, Bad

True liberty can exist only when justice is equally administered to all

Equality, Exist, Justice, Liberty, True

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.

Fall, Justice, Law, Let

God help the patient.

Doctors, God, Help, Humorous, Medicine, Patient

Uncertain justice by a verdict is much better than certain injustice.

Justice, Uncertain, Verdict, Certain

True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after.

Followed, Follows, Popularity, Recognition, True

I will not avoid doing what I think is right, though it should draw on me the whole artillery that falsehood and malice can invent, or the credulity a deluded population can swallow.

Falsehood, Invent, Population, Right, Should, Thinking

The expenses of the paperwork and court fees involved in pursuing the appeal through the courts were not too high. In fact, as I recall, removing prayer from U. S. public schools cost less than $20,000. . . no Christian organization filed a brief in support of our opponents.

Christian, High, Prayer, Pursuing, Religious, Support

The law protects nothing in that very respect, in which it is, at the same time, in the eye of the law, a crime.

Crime, Eye, Law, Nothing, Protects, Same

It is iniquitous, unjust, and most impolitic to persecute for religion's sake. It is against natural religion, revealed religion, and sound policy.

Against, Iniquitous, Sake, Sound, Unjust

Rules of property ought to be generally known, and not to be left upon loose notes, which rather serve to confound principles, than to confirm them.

Known, Notes, Principles, Property

The air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe, and so everyone who breathes it becomes free. Everyone who comes to this island is entitled to the protection of English law, whatever oppression he may have suffered and whatever may be the colour of his skin.

Air, Breathes, Colour, England, Islands, War

An estimated value is a precarious measure of justice, compared with the specific thing.

Compared, Justice, Measure, Precarious, Thing, Values

Possession is nine-tenths of the law.

Law, Nine, Possession

I wish popularity; but it is that popularity which follows, not that which is run after--it is that popularity which sooner or later never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means.

Ends, Justice, Mean, Noble, Popularity, Running

A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.

Bad, Book, Mind, Minds, Reading, Work

Humanism or atheism is a wonderful philosophy of life as long as you are big, strong, and between the ages of eighteen and thirty-five. But watch out if you are in a lifeboat and there are others who are younger, bigger, or smarter.

Atheism, Atheist, Big, Life, Philosophy, Strong

There is no entering into the secret thoughts of a man's heart.

Entering, Heart, Men, Motivation, Thoughts

Decide promptly, but never give any reasons. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong.

Decisions You Make, Giving, May, Promptly, Right, Wrong

Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong.

Give, Giving, Justice, Probably, Think, Thinking