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78,330. John was forced to agree to a series of concessions: Magna Carta. (Knight & John) Dr Thomas Asbridge, The Greatest Knight: William the Marshal, BBC 2014
56,922. No constable or other royal official shall take corn or other movable goods from any man without immediate payment, unless the seller voluntarily offers postponement of this. (Law & England & Civil Liberties & Rights & Human Rights & Magna Carta) Magna Carta Clause 28
78,990. No sheriff, royal official, or other person shall take horses or carts for transport from any free man, without his consent. (Law & England & Civil Liberties & Rights & Human Rights & Magna Carta) Clause 30
78,991. In future no official shall place a man on trial upon his own unsupported statement, producing credible witnesses to the truth of it. (Law & England & Civil Liberties & Rights & Human Rights & Magna Carta) Clause 38
30,545. No freeman shall be taken, or imprisoned, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any way harmed, nor will we go upon him nor will we send upon him, except by the legal judgement of his peers or by the law of the land. (Law & England & Civil Liberties & Rights & Human Rights & Magna Carta) Clause 39
30,546. To none will we sell, to none deny or delay, right or justice. (Law & England & Civil Liberties & Rights & Human Rights & Magna Carta) Clause 40
78,617. Magna Charta is such a fellow, that he will have no sovereign. (Law & Magna Carta) Edward Coke, Lords’ amendment to Petition of Right 17th May 1628
78,726. The great charter – Magna Carta. Its sixty-three clauses cover a wide range of royal concessions. (Law & Magna Carta) The Strange Case of the Law I: The Story of English Justice: Laying Down the Law BBC 2012
78,727. Magna Carta would be become a clarion call against overbearing government. (Law & Magna Carta) ibid.
94,468. Where justice is concerned, the principles of Magna Carta are a reference to which we should always return to ensure that we are proceeding in the right direction. David Neuberger, president supreme court
94,469. As a symbol of the struggle against tyranny it will always retain its value. Danny Danziger & John Gillingham, authors 1215: The Year of Magna Carta
94,470. Here is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break. This reaffirmation of a supreme law and its expression in a general charter is the great work of Magna Carta; and this alone justifies the respect in which men have held it. Winston Churchill
94,471. The democratic aspiration is no mere recent phase in human history. It is human history. It permeated the ancient life of early peoples. It blazed anew in the Middle Ages. It was written in Magna Charta. Franklin D Roosevelt
100,161. This is the last journey of King John – the Magna Carta king. (John & Magna Carta & England) Ben Robinson, The Last Journey of the Magna Carta King, BBC 2016
100,162. It would lead to the invasion of England, the country ripped apart by civil war, and the king dead. (John & Magna Carta & England) ibid.