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William Blackstone quotes: 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.

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.

William Blackstone quotes: There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property.

There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property.

William Blackstone quotes: Mankind will not be reasoned out of the feelings of humanity.

Mankind will not be reasoned out of the feelings of humanity.

William Blackstone quotes: [Self-defense is] justly called the primary law of nature, so it is not, neither can it be in fact, taken away by the laws of society.

[Self-defense is] justly called the primary law of nature, so it is not, neither can it be in fact, taken away by the laws of society.

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

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

William Blackstone quotes: The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband.

The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband.

William Blackstone quotes: The third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of ... the sacred and inviolable rights of private property.

The third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of ... the sacred and inviolable rights of private property.

William Blackstone quotes: Time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.

Time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary.

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

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

William Blackstone quotes: Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people.

Law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people.

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

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

William Blackstone quotes: Free men have arms; slaves do not.

Free men have arms; slaves do not.

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

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

William Blackstone quotes: The Bible has always been regarded as part of the Common Law of England.

The Bible has always been regarded as part of the Common Law of England.

William Blackstone quotes: The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

William Blackstone quotes: The law rarely hesitates in declaring its own meaning; but the Judges are frequently puzzled to find out the meaning of others.

The law rarely hesitates in declaring its own meaning; but the Judges are frequently puzzled to find out the meaning of others.

William Blackstone quotes: It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.

It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer.

William Blackstone quotes: No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God.

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

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

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