"I am far from being such a Judge as shall lay any intolerable yoke upon any one's neck."

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“We are not to issue process here as instruments or conduit-pipes, but judicially as Judges: and it will not be an objection to say, that we may award process at all hazards, and let the party grieved come after and plead to it; for we shall never grant an ill-writ, that the party may avoid it in pleading.”

“To excuse himself from damage, must say, was ready always and at all times.”

“Every man that is injured ought to have his recompence.”

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