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Quotation from Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone
“law of nature, being co-eval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other.”
Commentaries on the Laws of England, Introduction, §2 (Of the Nature of Laws in General) (First edition, Oxford 1765, Project Gutenberg #30802 text)
Blackstone's statement of the supremacy of natural law over all human law.
Citation: "law of nature, being co-eval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other." — William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, Introduction, §2 (Of the Nature of Laws in General) (First edition, Oxford 1765, Project Gutenberg #30802 text). (id commentaries-on-the-laws-of-england-q1)
Portrait: William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (1st ed, 1765, vol I, title page), William Blackstone (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780)., Public domain.
