Quotes by Precedent If settled means that it cant be re-examined, thats one thing. If settled means that it is a precedent that is entitled to respect then it is a precedent that is protected. Samuel Alito protected precedent mean No crime has been without a precedent. Seneca the Younger precedent crime prison Precedent goes in support of justice. Sherrilyn Kenyon precedent support justice It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others. Tacitus precedent law found All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent. Tacitus precedent fields example What is today supported by precedents will hereafter become a precedent. Tacitus hereafter precedent today I would rather create a precedent than find one. William O. Douglas precedent law «12