Jonathan Swift Quote

Quote from Jonathan Swift,

"It is a maxim among lawyers that whatever hath been done before may be done again, and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind. These, under the name of precedents, they produce as authorities to justify the most iniquitous opinions, and the judges never fail of directing them accordingly."

By:	Jonathan Swift (more quotes by Jonathan Swift or books by/about Jonathan Swift)
	(1667-1745) Irish author
Source:	Gulliver’s Travels, 1726
Categories:	Deception, Justice, Law, Usurpation, Travel
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