221. Sir Edward Coke. 1552-1634. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	221
AUTHOR:	Sir Edward Coke (1552–1634)
QUOTATION:	Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason…. The law, which is perfection of reason. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	First Institute.

Note 1.
Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.—Sir John Powell: Coggs vs. Bernard, 2 Ld. Raym. Rep. p. 911. [back]

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