I do not see why, if we can tell what a man intends, and can give effect to his intention as expressed, we should be driven out of it by other cases … - Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley

A salvage service which hardly exceeds ordinary towage is naturally remunerated on a very different scale from an heroic rescue from imminent destruction.

A very ingenious attempt to drive a coach-and-four through this Act of Parliament.

Trade unions up to a certain point have been recognised now as organs for good. They are the only means by which workmen can protect themselves from the tyranny of those who employ them. But the moment that trade unions become tyrants in their turn, they are engines for evil: they have no right to prevent people from working on any terms that they choose.