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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

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

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

Edward Coke

For a man's house is his castle, et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium [and each man's home is his safest refuge].

Edward Coke

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

The law compells no man to impossible things. The argument ab impossibili is forcible in law.

Edward Coke