Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
John Fortescue
Born: 1394
Died: 1476 (aged 82)
Bio: Sir John Fortescue was the Chief Justice of the King's Bench of England and the author of De laudibus legum Angliæ, an influential treatise on English law.
Known for:
- The Governance of England
- De laudibus legum Angliæ
- A history of the British army
- History of the 17th Lancers
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