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John Fortescue Quotes

1390–1480 England

Sir John Fortescue (c. 1394 – c. 1480) was an English lawyer, the second son of John Fortescue, of an ancient Devon family. He was born at Norris, near South Brent, Devon.

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One would much rather that twenty guilty persons should escape the punishment of death, than that one innocent person should be condemned and suffer capitally.

De laudibus legum Angliae (1470)

Muche crye and litil woll.

De laudibus legum Angliae (1470)

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