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

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[T]he liberty, the unalienable, indefeasible rights of men, the honor and dignity of human nature, the grandeur and glory of the public, and the universal happiness of individuals, were never so skillfully and successfully consulted as in that most excellent monument of human art, the common law of England.

— John Adams