Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign.

Edward Coke

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Speaker

Edward Coke

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1628 1620s 17th century

Occupation

Judge Politician Lawyer

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United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Coke, Edward. Committee of the Whole House. 20 May 1628, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

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No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man, without at last finding the other end of it fastened about his own neck.

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Consequences of oppression
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Frederick Douglass
Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Douglass, Frederick. Speech in Washington, D.C. Civil Rights Mass Meeting. 22 Oct. 1883, Lincoln Hall, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "This Decision Has Humbled the Nation (1883)." The Speeches of Frederick Douglass, edited by John R. McKivigan, Julie Husband and Heather L. Kaufman. Yale University Press, 2018.