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I will not suffer the Christian religion to be reviled, while I sit in this Court, and possess the power of preventing it.

— Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough Baton's Case (1812)

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There have been errors in the administration of the most enlightened men.

Rex v. Lambert and Perry (1810)

No man should be allowed to have an interest against his duty.

Thompson v. Havelock (1808)

Every one must be supposed to be cognizant of a public law.

Smith v. Beadnell (1807)

The law merchant respects the religion of different people.

Lindo v. Unsworth (1811)

No man can make a stable-yard of the King's highway.

Rex v. Cross (1812)

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Bertrand Russell Education and the Social Order (1932)

Christianity neither is, nor ever was, a part of the common law [this quote is referring to English Common Law].

Thomas Jefferson Vol. 1 Whether Christianity is Part of the Common Law (1764)

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