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It is far more important the law should be administered with absolute…

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. 134..

English (original)

It is far more important the law should be administered with absolute integrity, than that in this case or in that the law should be a good law or a bad one.

— John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge

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