It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law, according to the golden mete-wand of the law and not by the crooked cord of discretion.
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How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.Edward Coke
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Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.
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