Jurisprudence Quotes by Edward Coke

Force ought to follow justice and not to precede.

— Edward Coke

Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.

— Edward Coke

Everyone thirsteth after gaine.

— Edward Coke

A corporation has no soul.

— Edward Coke

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

— Edward Coke

He is not cheated who knows he is being cheated.

— Edward Coke

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

— Edward Coke

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

— 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

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

— Edward Coke

Success in crime always invites to worse deeds

— 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