Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon - Public Quotes

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It is of infinite importance to the public that the acts of magistrates should not only be substantially good, but also that they should be decorous.

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
All Governments rest mainly on public opinion, and to that of his own subjects every wise Sovereign will look. The opinion of his subjects will force a Sovereign to do his duty, and by that opinion will he be exalted or depressed in the politics of the world.

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
In dispensing the criminal justice of the country, we have sometimes an arduous task to perform. It is not a pleasant thing, most certainly, to condemn any one of our fellow creatures to punishment; but those who are entrusted with the administration of the criminal justice of a country, must summon up their fortitude, and render justice to the public, as well as justice tempered with mercy to the individual.

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
The interest of the public is never better advanced than when we can inculcate by our rules the advantage of acting honestly.

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
The character of the Judges is public property, and if they have done anything amiss, they ought to be censured. But if not, their characters ought to be respected; otherwise the most mischievous consequences will arise to the public.

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
The discussion which was made by Luther, Melancthon, and the other persons who preceded the Reformation, opened the eyes or the public; and they got rid of the delusions which had been spread by the Pope of Rome, and emancipated mankind from the spiritual tyranny they were under, and brought about the establishment of that religion which we now enjoy in this country.

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon