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

Edward Coke

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Edward Coke
Died: 1633
Died: September 3
Barrister
Judge
Lord Chief Justice Of England And Wales
Politician
Mileham
Norfolk
Sir Edward Coke
Commons
Safest
Surest
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