Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your rea…

- William Murray, 1st Earl Of Mansfield

True liberty can exist only when justice is equally administered to all

- William Murray, 1st Earl Of Mansfield

Rules of property ought to be generally known, and not to be left upon loose notes, which rather serve to confound principles, than to confirm them.

- William Murray, 1st Earl Of Mansfield

A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.

- William Murray, 1st Earl Of Mansfield

Uncertain justice by a verdict is much better than certain injustice.

- William Murray, 1st Earl Of Mansfield

The air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe, and so everyone who breathes it becomes free. Everyone who comes to this island is entitled to…

- William Murray, 1st Earl Of Mansfield

Possession is nine-tenths of the law.

- William Murray, 1st Earl Of Mansfield

True popularity is not the popularity which is followed after, but the popularity which follows after.

- William Murray, 1st Earl Of Mansfield

Decide promptly, but never give any reasons for your decisions. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure to be wrong.

- William Murray, 1st Earl Of Mansfield