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precedents

«The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew.»
«To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.»
«Strongly guarded as is the separation between religion and government in the Constitution of the United States the danger of encroachment by Ecclesiastical Bodies, may be illustrated by precedents already furnished in their short history»
«All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures»
«PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in the absence of a definite statute, has whatever force and authority a Judge may choose to give it, thereby greatly simplifying his task of doing as he pleases. As there are precedents for everything, he has only to ignore those that make against his interest and accentuate those in the line of his desire. Invention of the precedent elevates the trial-at-law from the low estate of a fortuitous ordeal to the noble attitude of a dirigible arbitrament.»
«Set it down to thyself, as well to create good precedents as to follow them.»
«Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand»
«Precedents once established are so much positive power»
Author: James Madison (President) | Keywords: precedents
«As to precedents, to be sure they will increase in course of time; but the more precedents there are, the less occasion is there for law; that is to say, the less occasion is there for investigating principles»
«To follow foolish precedents, and winkWith both our eyes, is easier than to think.»
Author: William Cowper (Poet) | Keywords: precedents, wink