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Quote from Sir Patrick Devlin,

The object of any tyrant would be to overthrow or diminish trial by jury, for it is the lamp that shows that freedom lives.



By:

Sir Patrick Devlin (more quotes by Sir Patrick Devlin or books by/about Sir Patrick Devlin)


(1905-1992) British Lord of Appeal, lawyer, judge and jurist

Date:

1956

Categories:

Jury, Justice, Tyranny

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