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Force ought to follow justice and not to precede.

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
Justice
Force
Precede
Follow
Ought

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