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Magna Charta Is Such A Fellow That He Will Have No Sovereign.
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Magna Charta is such a fellow that he will have no sovereign.
-- Sir Edward Coke (1549-1634)
-- Debate in the Commons, May 17, 1628
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A man's house is his castle. -- Sir Edward Coke
They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed nor excommunicate, for they have no souls.
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The gladsome light of jurisprudence. -- Sir Edward Coke (1549-1634) -- First Institute
Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six, Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.
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For a man's house is his castle, et domus sua cuique tutissimum refugium.
-- Sir Edward Coke (1549-1634) -- Third Institute, Page 162...
Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason.
... The law, which is perfection of reason. -- Sir Edward Coke (1549-1634) -- First Institute...
The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence as for his repose.
-- Sir Edward Coke (1549-1634) -- Semayne's Case, 5 Rep, 91...
But, sir, the people themselves have it in their power effectually to resist usurpation, without being driven to an appeal of arms.
An act of usurpation is not obligatory; it is not law...
Have a coke and a smile! -- John DeLorea