Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough Quotes

No man can make a stable-yard of the King's highway.

The greater the truth the greater the libel.

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

Every one must be supposed to be cognizant of a public law.

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.

Every man must be taken to be cognizant of the law, otherwise there is no saying to what extent the excuse of ignorance may not be Law carried. It would be urged in almost every case.

It is a principle of law, that a person intends to do that which is the natural effect of what he does.