James Kent

“The law is a science which must be learned by long and patient study.”

“Civil liberty is the great end of all human society and government.”

“It is the province of the judges to declare what the law is.”

“The parent who sends his son into the world uneducated, defrauds the community of a useful citizen and bequeaths to it a nuisance.”

“The people are the source of all political power.”

“The common law includes those principles, usages and rules of action applicable to the government and security of persons and property, which do not rest for their authority upon any express and positive declaration of the will of the legislature.”

“Learning is to be valued as a means, and not as an end.”

“Without a moral sense, a man is a wild beast.”

“A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.”

“The great difficulty in politics is to get public men to put more faith in principles than in precedents.”