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That whom he could not by the sword destroy, he might supplant by the…

Quote bySir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet · 1554–1625

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sheffield v. Ratcliffe (1615), Lord Hobart's Rep. 335..

English (original)

That whom he could not by the sword destroy, he might supplant by the law.

— Sir Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet

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