An act against the Constitution is void; an act against natural equity is void.

A man's house is his castle.

Parliaments are in all cases to declare what is good for the whole; but it is not the declaration of parliament that makes it so.

One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle.

There can be no prescription old enough to supersede the Law of Nature and the grant of God Almighty, who has given to all men a natural right to be free, and they have it ordinarily in their power to make themselves so, if they please.

I do not say that, when brought to the test, I shall be invincible.

MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question now before them concerning Writs of Assistance.