Quote#Politics & Power
If the law be thought to be improper or inconvenient, application to…
Quote bySir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet · 1745–1800
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Bishop of London v. Ffytche (1800), 1 East, 495..
English (original)
If the law be thought to be improper or inconvenient, application to correct it must be made elsewhere, and not to those who are bound by the repeated and solemn judgments of their predecessors.
— Sir Francis Buller, 1st Baronet
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