International law, like the moral law, is part of the law of England,…

I remember Lord Eldon saying to counsel, " You have told us how far the cases have gone, will you now tell us where they are to stop?" I think it is now time that we should say where the cases are to stop.

You need not cite cases that are familiar.

You have no right, for the purpose of justifying a libel, to inquire into a man's life and opinions.

In a perfectly new case—a case altogether primae impressionis—I think the Judges are bound to hold fast to the principles of the common law—to remember the maxim, "Salus reipublicae suprema lex," and if the condition be really in principle …

The Crown cannot ever be prejudiced by the misconduct or negligence of any of its officers.

Judges are philologists of the highest order.