quote · Words worth keeping
A precedent embalms a principle.
A precedent embalms a principle.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Benjamin Disraeli (Earl Beaconsfield)
Attribution: attributed - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- c. 1843 AD · industrial
author lifetime midpoint; not necessarily a composition date.
