There is not in this country one rule by which the rich are governed, and another for the poor. No man has justice meted out to him by a different measure on account of his rank or fortune, from what would be done if he were destitute of both. Every invasion of property is judged of by the same rule; every injury is compensated in the same way; and every crime is restrained by the same punishment, be the condition of the offender what it may. It is in this alone that true equality can exist in society.


Trial of O'Coigly and others (1798), 26 How. St. Tr. 1193.

Sir Francis Buller Quotes

There is not in this country one rule by which the rich are governed, and another for the poor. No man has justice meted out to him by a different...

There is not in this country one rule by which the rich are governed, and another for the poor. No man has justice meted out to him by a different...

There is not in this country one rule by which the rich are governed, and another for the poor. No man has justice meted out to him by a different...

There is not in this country one rule by which the rich are governed, and another for the poor. No man has justice meted out to him by a different...