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Motives do not concern me; they are a dangerous subject with which to deal.

— Arthur Kekewich Whelan v. Palmer (1888)

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It is the right of her Majesty's subjects to make claims and to have them tried in the constitutional way.

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I wish to uphold counsel in the exercise of their discretion.

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