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

— Edward Coke

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A man's house is his castle — et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium.

Institutes of the Laws of England (1628)

It is better to endure every evil than to consent to evil.

Institutes of the Laws of England (1628)

Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times.

Twyne's Case (1602)

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

Institutes of the Laws of England (1628)

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.

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