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

    William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
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    Advice to a newly appointed colonial governor ignorant in the law, in John Lord Campbell 'The Lives of the Chief Justices of England' (1849) vol. 2, ch. 40
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Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong. - William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield
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