Quote#Politics & Power
Law grows, and though the principles of law remain unchanged, yet…
Quote byJohn Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge · 1820–1894
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reg. v. Ramsey (1883), 1 Cababe & Ellis' Q. B. D. Rep. 135..
English (original)
Law grows, and though the principles of law remain unchanged, yet (and it is one of the advantages of the common law) their application is to be changed with the changing circumstances of the times. Some persons may call this retrogression, I call it progression of human opinion.
— John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge
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