Herein indeed consists the excellence of the English government, that all parts of it form a mutual check upon each other.

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.

Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.

That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.

The doctrines thus delivered we call the revealed or divine law, and they are to be found only in the holy scriptures.. are found upon comparison to be really part of the original law of nature. Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws; that is to say, no human laws should be suffered to contradict these.

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.

Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws.