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It would not be correct to say that every moral obligation involves a…

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

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Queen v. Instan (1893), L. R. 1 Q. B. [1893], p. 453..

English (original)

It would not be correct to say that every moral obligation involves a legal duty; but every legal duty is founded on a moral obligation.

— John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge

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