Short Quotes - Author William Blackstone Showing 1 - 10 of 10 Add Quote So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community. William Blackstone Community Upvote0 Free men have arms; slaves do not. William Blackstone Men Upvote0 Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it. William Blackstone Men Upvote0 It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer. William Blackstone Upvote0 No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God. William Blackstone God Upvote0 The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband. William Blackstone Wife Upvote0 The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights. William Blackstone Rights Upvote0 The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind. William Blackstone Law Upvote0 The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island. William Blackstone Strength Upvote0 That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution. William Blackstone Constitution Upvote0