Quote#Self
Self-defence is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the…
Quote byDouglas William Jerrold · 1803–1857
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
Self-defence is the clearest of all laws; and for this reason - the lawyers didn't make it.
— Douglas William Jerrold
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