Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

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Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow, PC, KC, was a British lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1765 to 1778 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Thurlow. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain for fourteen years and under four Prime Ministers.

British - Statesman | December 9, 1731 - September 12, 1806

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Nature is always wise in every part.

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Common sense is in spite of, not because of age.

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned, they therefore do as they like.

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

You never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose, nor a body to kick.

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

When I forget my sovereign, may my God forget me.

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

May, queen of blossoms, And fulfilling flowers, With what pretty music Shall we charm the hours? Wilt thou have pipe and reed, Blown in the open mead? Or to the lute give heed In the green bowers.

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

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