Edward Coke Quotes

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• One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.

  Edward Coke

  Coke, Innocence, Guilty

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• The King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law.

  Edward Coke

  Kings, Men, Law

  Prohibitions del Roy, 12 Co. Rep. 63, quoting Henry de Bracton's treatise on the laws and customs of England,

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• Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished.

  Edward Coke

  Coke, Consent

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• It is the worst oppression, that is done by colour of justice

  Edward Coke

  Justice, Done, Oppression

  Edward Coke (1817). “The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England Containing the Exposition of Many Ancient and Other Statutes”, p.48, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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• No man can be a compleat Lawyer by universalitie of knowledge without experience in particular cases, nor by bare experience without universalitie of knowledge; he must be both speculative & active, for the science of the laws, I assure you, must joyne hands with experience.

  Edward Coke

  Men, Hands, Law

  Sir Edward Coke (2003). “The Selected Writings and Speeches of Sir Edward Coke”

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• The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.

  Edward Coke

  Home, Castles, Violence

  Semayne's Case (1603)

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• There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent as knowledge of laws.

  Edward Coke

  Jewels, Law, World

  Sir Edward Coke, Steve Sheppard (2003). “The selected writings and speeches of Sir Edward Coke”, Liberty Fund Inc.

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• The Common lawes of the Realme should by no means be delayed for the law is the surest sanctuary, that a man should take, and the strongest fortresse to protect the weakest of all, lex et tutissima cassis.

  Edward Coke

  Mean, Men, Law

  "The Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England". Book by Edward Coke, 1642.

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• There be three kinds of unhappie men. 1. Qui scit & non docet, Hee that hath knowledge and teacheth not. 2. Qui docet & non vivit, He that teacheth, and liveth not thereafter. 3. Qui nescit, & non interrogat, He that knoweth not, and doth not enquire to understand.

  Edward Coke

  Men, Law, Three

  Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Sir Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (Earl of) (1853). “The first part of the Institutes of the laws of England: or, A commentary upon Littleton. Not the name of the author only, but of the law itself ...”, p.378

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• The law of the realm cannot be changed but by Parliament.

  Edward Coke

  Law, Parliament, Changed

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• Let us now peruse our ancient authors, for out of the old fields must come the new corn.

  Edward Coke

  Justice, Corn, Fields

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• He is not cheated who knows he is being cheated.

  Edward Coke

  Cheated, Knows

  "The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, or, A Commentary on Littleton". Book by Charles Butler, Edward Coke, Matthew Hale, and Thomas de Littleton, 1832.

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• Force ought to follow justice and not to precede.

  Edward Coke

  Justice, Force, Ought

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• Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reasonThe law, which is perfection of reason.

  Edward Coke

  Law, Perfection, Common

  The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England bk. 2, ch. 6 (1628)

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• There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England.

  Edward Coke

  Jewels, Law, Land

  Sir Edward Coke, Steve Sheppard (2003). “The selected writings and speeches of Sir Edward Coke”, Liberty Fund Inc.

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• Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign

  Edward Coke

  Sovereign, Fellows

  Speech in House of Commons, 17 May 1628

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• A corporation has no soul.

  Edward Coke

  Soul, Corporations

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• The house of every one is to him as his castle.

  Edward Coke

  House, Castles, Patriot

  Semayne's Case (1603)

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• We should speak as the populace but think as the learned.

  Edward Coke

  Thinking, Speak, Should

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• Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.

  Edward Coke

  Faults, Bribery, Bribe

  Sir Edward Coke (1797). “Institutes of the laws of England: containg the exposition of many ancient and other statutes ...”, p.147

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• So as grave and learned men may doubt, without any imputation to them; for the most learned doubteth most, and the more ignorant for the most part are the more bold and peremptory.

  Edward Coke

  Men, Law, Doubt

  Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Sir Matthew Hale (1832). “The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, a Commentary Upon Littleton : Not the Name of the Author Only, But of the Law Itself ... : Haec Ego Grandaevus Posui Tibi, Candide Lector”, p.632

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• You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.

  Edward Coke

  Trust, Art, Men

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• For a man's house is his castle.

  Edward Coke

  Home, Men, House

  The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England ch. 73 (1644)

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• Trial by jury is a wise distribution of power which exceeds all other modes of trial.

  Edward Coke

  Wise, Distribution Of Power, Trials

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• Every libel, which is called famosus libellus, is made either against a private man, or against a public person. If it be against a private man, it deserves a severe punishment.

  Edward Coke

  Men, Made, Libel

  77 Eng. Rep. 250, 1605.

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