Creative Quotations from Edward Coke (1552-1634)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Edward Coke
(1552-1634) born on Feb 01

English "judge, politician". "He defended common law and wrote "The Petition of Right," 1628; attorney-general to Elizabeth I and prosecutor of Raleigh and Essex."

The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress.

We should speak as the populace but think as the learned.

Precaution is better than cure.

The law of the realm cannot be changed but by Parliament.

One threatens the innocent who spares the guilty.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	""Semayne's Case.""
R:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."
A:	"In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
N:	"Dictum, in the case Articuli Cleri," 1605."
K:	"In <a href="http://www.cyber-nation.com/cgi-bin/victory/quotations/qlreferral/quotelib.pl?id=10115">The Ultimate Success Quotations Library</a>, 1997."