John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon

thumb|I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly. John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (4 June 1751 – 13 January 1838) was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1801 to 1806 and from 1807 to 1827. Quotes It is better that the law should be certain than that every judge should speculate upon improvements in it. Sheldon v. Goodrich, 8 Ves. 481, 497 (1803) I always thought it better to allow myself to doubt before I decided, than to expose myself to the misery, after I had decided, of doubting whether I had decided rightly and justly. In Horace Twiss, The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon (1844), p. 350 Quotes about Lord Eldon I was with you, Mr. Scott — till I heard your argument. Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow, related by Scott in Horace Twiss, The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon (1844), p. 79 External links Category:Judges Category:Lord Chancellors (United Kingdom) Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Category:1838 deaths