"Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason... The law, which is perfection …"

"The Common lawes of the Realme should by no means be delayed for the law is the surest sanctuary, that a man should t…"

"Yet the whole structure of the common law is an obvious denial of this theory; it stands as a monument slowly raised,…"

"The common law is not a brooding omnipresence in the sky, but the articulate voice of some sovereign or quasi soverei…"

"The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience... The law embodies the story of a nation's developmen…"

"He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our law…"

"We ourselves of the present age, chose our common law, and consented to the most ancient Acts of Parliament, for we l…"

"It is difficult to struggle with the common law."

"Common law is common usage, and where there is no law there can be no transgression."

"In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall …"