Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.

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.

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

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

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

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

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