Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough Quotes

I am as jealous of the rights of juries as of those of the Court.

I know but of one Being to whom error may not be imputed.

I will not suffer the Christian religion to be reviled, while I sit in this Court, and possess the power of preventing it.

In a criminal case I can presume nothing.

It is of the greatest importance that the administration of justice should not only be free from spot or blame, but that it should be, so far as human infirmity could allow it to become, as free from all suspicion.

It is difficult to struggle with the common law.

There have been errors in the administration of the most enlightened men.

The law merchant respects the religion of different people.

I wish that objections to questions as leading, might be a little better considered before they are made. It is necessary, to a certain extent, to lead the mind of the witness to the subject of inquiry. If questions are asked, to which the answer "Yes" or "No" would be conclusive, they would certainly be objectionable, but in general no objections are more frivolous than those which are made to questions as leading ones.

No man should be allowed to have an interest against his duty.

What may be good circumstances in one man, cannot be deemed so in another.

As a general rule, I beg that it may be understood, that a case is not to be cut into parts, but that when it is known what the question in issue is, it must be met at once.

The greater the truth the greater the libel.

I am willing to put the case into any shape you choose.

The law of England is a law of liberty, and, consistently with this liberty, we have not what is called an imprimatur (let it be printed); there is no such preliminary licence necessary. But if a man publish a paper, he is exposed to the penal consequences, as he is in every other act, if it be illegal.