Here is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break…

Winston Churchill
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Here is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break. This reaffirmation of a supreme law and its expression in a general charter is the great work of Magna Carta; and this alone justifies the respect in which men have held it ✨ Sir Winston Churchill, Timothy Baker (1968). The island race
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