A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is not the master, but the minister of the law. Authority without virtue is a very dangerous state.


The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God Thomas Wilson, Fifty-eight Years Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man (ed. 1782)

Thomas F. Wilson Quotes

A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is not the master, but the minister of the law. ...

A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is not the master, but the minister of the law. ...

A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is not the master, but the minister of the law. ...

A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is not the master, but the minister of the law. ...