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Quotes from De laudibus legum Angliae — John Fortescue

1390–1480 England

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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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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Fortescue (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.