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Top 10 Edward Coke Quotes

  1. The gladsome light of jurisprudence.
  2. You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.
  3. One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.
  4. The home to everyone is to him his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose.
  5. Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.
  6. Reason is the life of the law.
  7. Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.
  8. The law of the realm cannot be changed but by Parliament.
  9. Precaution is better than a cure.
  10. Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six,Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.
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Edward Coke Short Quotes

  • Law is the safest helmet.
  • Those who consent to the act and those who do it shall be equally punished.
  • Trial by jury is a wise distribution of power which exceeds all other modes of trial.
  • Certainty is the mother of quiet and repose, and uncertainty the cause of variance and contentions.
  • Common law is common right.
  • Let us now peruse our ancient authors, for out of the old fields must come the new corn.
  • Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign.
  • None shall take advantage of his own wrong.
  • A thing which is not in esse but in apparent expectancy is regarded in law.
  • For a man's house is his castle.

Edward Coke Quotes About Reason

Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason - the law which is perfection of reason. — Edward Coke

The Law ... is perfection of reason. — Edward Coke

And the law, that is the perfection of reason, cannot suffer anything that is inconvenient. — Edward Coke

How long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law. — Edward Coke

Edward Coke Famous Quotes And Sayings

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

There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England. — Edward Coke

A word must become a friend or you will not understand it. Perhaps you do well to be cool and detached when you are seeking information, but I remind you of the wife who complained, 'When I ask John if he loves me, he thinks I am asking for information'. — 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

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

For when the law doth give any thing to one, it giveth impliedly whatsoever is necessary for the taking and enjoying of the same. — Edward Coke

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

The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also. — Edward Coke

Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale. — Edward Coke

The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void. — Edward Coke

It is a fiction, a shade, a nonentity, but a reality for legal purposes. A corporation aggregate is only in abstracto—it is invisible, immortal, and rests only in intendment and consideration of the law. — Edward Coke

He is not cheated who knows he is being cheated. — 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

There must have been good grounds for belief in witchcraft; otherwise Parliament would not have legislated against it. — Edward Coke

The law doth never enforce a man to doe a vaine thing. — Edward Coke

We should speak as the populace but think as the learned. — Edward Coke

It is better, saith the law, to suffer a mischief that is peculiar to one, than an inconvenience that may prejudice many. — Edward Coke

So use your own property as not to injure that of another. — Edward Coke

A corporation has no soul. — Edward Coke

Force ought to follow justice and not to precede. — Edward Coke

Don't quote the distinction, for the honour of my lord Coke. — Edward Coke

We have a saying in the House of Commons; that old ways are the safest and surest ways. — Edward Coke

There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent as knowledge of laws. — Edward Coke

A witch is a person who hath conference with the Devil to consult with him or to do some act. — Edward Coke

There be three kinds of unhappie men. 1. Qui scit & non docet, Hee that hath knowledge and teacheth not. 2. Qui docet & non vivit, He that teacheth, and liveth not thereafter. 3. Qui nescit, & non interrogat, He that knoweth not, and doth not enquire to understand. — Edward Coke

We have a maxim in the House of Commons, and written on the walls of our houses, that old ways are the safest and surest ways. — Edward Coke

So as grave and learned men may doubt, without any imputation to them; for the most learned doubteth most, and the more ignorant for the most part are the more bold and peremptory. — Edward Coke

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

In the meane time know this, that the learning of warranties is one of the most curious and cunning learnings of the law, and of great use and consequence. — Edward Coke

For a man's house is his castle, et domus sua cuique tutissimum refugium [and one's home is the safest refuge to everyone]. — Edward Coke

Everyone thirsteth after gaine. — Edward Coke

Success in crime always invites to worse deeds. — Edward Coke

Where there are many counsellors there is safety. — Edward Coke

The house of every one is to him as his castle. — Edward Coke

Life Lessons by Edward Coke

  1. Edward Coke's career serves as a reminder that hard work and dedication can lead to success.
  2. He also demonstrated the importance of taking risks and being willing to adapt to changing circumstances.
  3. Finally, Edward Coke's story shows that it is possible to achieve success even in the face of adversity and failure.
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