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I must lay down the law as I understand it, and as I read it in books…

Quote byJohn Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge · 1820–1894

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reg. v. Ramsey (1883), 1 Cababe & Ellis' Q. B. D. Rep. 136..

English (original)

I must lay down the law as I understand it, and as I read it in books of authority.

— John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge

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