John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
221 Sir Edward Coke 1552-1634 John Bartlett
| 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] |