John Holt Short Quotes

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It is abominable to convict a man behind his back.

John Holt
Shall we indict one man for making a fool of another?

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Shall we relieve a man, that trusts when he needs not?

John Holt
Every man that is injured ought to have his recompence.

John Holt
He whose dirt it is must keep it that it may not trespass.

John Holt
It is a disparagement of the Government, who put an ill man into office.

John Holt
To excuse himself from damage, must say, was ready always and at all times.

John Holt
If it be a matter within our jurisdiction, we are bound by our oaths to judge of it.

John Holt
I am far from being such a Judge as shall lay any intolerable yoke upon any one's neck.

John Holt
Where a man has but one remedy to come at his right, if he loses that he loses his right.

John Holt
We cannot make a law, we must go according to the law. That must be our rule and direction.

John Holt
We cannot alter the law, we are bound by our oaths to proceed according to the law as it is at present.

John Holt
An universal custom is a law, and I know no distinction between lex mercatoria and consuetudo mercaborum.

John Holt
Let all people come in, and vote fairly; it is to support one or the other party, to deny any man's vote.

John Holt
I do not pretend to dispense equity at large, but only by the consent of the parties, upon a rule of Court.

John Holt
It is a vain thing to imagine a right without a remedy; for want of right and want of remedy are reciprocal.

John Holt
Whatever at common law might be amended in civil cases, was at common law amendable in criminal, and so it is at this day.

John Holt
Libelling against a private man is a moral offence; but when it is against a government, it tends to the destruction of it.

John Holt
No counsel in the world that understand themselves, can argue anything against what has been often settled and always practised.

John Holt
I agree we ought not to incroach or inlarge our jurisdiction; by so doing we usurp both on the right of the Queen and the people.

John Holt
We must not be frighted when a matter of property comes before us by saying it belongs to the Parliament; we must exert the Queen's jurisdiction.

John Holt
It is expected you should do your best for those you are assigned for, as it is expected in any other case, that you do your duty for your client.

John Holt
My judgment ought to be given for the plaintiff: but my brothers are all of another opinion, and so I submit to it. The defendant must have his judgment.

John Holt
If public officers will infringe men's rights, they ought to pay greater damages than other men, to deter and hinder other officers from the like offences.

John Holt
The subject being unusual, I fear that I shall not make myself intelligible, but I will do my endeavour, that the reasons of our judgment may be apprehended.

John Holt