It is sometimes difficult to get rid of first impressions. - Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

I do not know how far I ought to sit here and suffer a gentleman at the bar to bring forward parts of the Bible in this way. It is for you, gentlemen of the jury, to say whether you wish to hear them read.

The learned counsel has very properly avoided all political discussions unconnected with the subject, and I shall follow his example. Courts of justice have nothing to do with them.

Sitting in a Court of law, I can receive no evidence but what comes under the sanction of an oath.