"The right hon. Gentleman tells us to go back to precedents; with him a great measure is always founded on a small pre…"

"I am ready to concede that the rule of adherence to precedent, though it ought not to be abandoned, ought to be in so…"

"The repetition of a catchword can hold analysis in fetters for fifty years or more."

"If Napoleon had nuclear subs, we'd all be speaking French. So, the history thing can be oversold."

"An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even t…"

"What is today supported by precedents will hereafter become a precedent."

"Ages, precedents, have long been accumulating undirected materials, America brings builders, and brings its own style…"

"The most obvious example of the way law constructs and uses history is found in the doctrine of stare decisis and the…"

"Even when judges agree on the relevance of a past case to a present one, they may, and frequently do, disagree about …"

"PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in the absence of a definite statute, has whatever…"