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Sir William Blackstone

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

Sir William Blackstone

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

Sir William Blackstone

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The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of our island.

Sir William Blackstone

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The king, moreover, is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even of thinking wrong: he can never mean to do an improper thing: in him is no folly or weakness.

Sir William Blackstone

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

Sir William Blackstone

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