William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield Quote

The constitution does not allow reasons of state to influence our judgements: God forbid it should! We must not regard political consequences; however formidable soever they might be: if rebellion was the certain consequence, we are bound to say 'fiat justitia, ruat caelum'.

Rex v. Wilkes, 8 June 1768, in The English Reports (1909) vol. 98