Quote#Politics & Power
All arguments on the hardship of a case, either on one side or the…
Quote bySir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet · 1745–1800
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Yates v. Hall, (1785), 1 T. R. 80..
English (original)
All arguments on the hardship of a case, either on one side or the other, must be rejected, when we are pronouncing what the law is; for such arguments are only quicksands in the law, and, if indulged, will soon swallow up every principle of it.
— Sir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet
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