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I think the motives of the legislature in passing an Act of Parliament are to be taken to be proper motives.

— Sir John Bayley, 1st Baronet Trial of Hunt and others (King v. Hunt) (1820)

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Every object and purpose of justice is effectually answered, and every supposed inconvenience is effectually rebutted by the law as it stands.

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You may discuss the question of legality on legal grounds, but not by an argumentum ad hominem.

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The Court has no fears for the safety of the Christian religion. It does not believe that the rock upon which Christianity stands can ever be shaken.

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By our rules we cannot receive a letter from a friend.

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