Quote#Politics & Power
The Commons of England for Hereditary Fundamental Liberties and…
Quote byEdward Chamberlayne · 1616–1703
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Angliæ Notitia, 1676, 1704, p. 302: Cited in: Gerald Stourzh. "Liberal Democracy as a Culture of Rights: England, the United States, and Continental Europe." Bridging the Atlantic. (2002) p. 11.
English (original)
The Commons of England for Hereditary Fundamental Liberties and Propertiesy are blest above and beyond the Subjects of any Monarch or State in the World. First, No Freeman of England ought to be imprisoned, or otherwise restrains, without Cause shewn, for which by Law, he ought to be so imprisoned.
— Edward Chamberlayne
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