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Reason Is The Life Of The Law; Nay, The Common Law Itself Is Nothing Else But Reason.
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Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing
else but reason.... The law, which is perfection of reason.
-- Sir Edward Coke (1549-1634)
-- First Institute
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Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.
-- Sir John Powell (1645-1713) -- Coggs vs. Bernard, 2 Lord Raymond, 911...
If nobody uses it, there's a reason. -- The Third Law of Gardening
The gladsome light of jurisprudence. -- Sir Edward Coke (1549-1634) -- First Institute
The most important reason for the drug laws in this country is to encourage a healthy distrust for the law.
The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law. -- Alex Levi
Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.
-- Sir Edward Coke (1549-1634) -- Translation of lines quoted by Coke...
It is almost impossible systematically to constitute a natural moral law.
Nature has no principles. She furnishes us with no reason to believe that human life is to be respected....
The things we see more frequently are more freque
1) because there is some physical reason to favor certain states or 2) because there is some mental reason....
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. -- Blaise Pascal