On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, T. R. Halvorson wrote:
> "As the English jurist Lord Chancellor Thurlow (1731-1806) is quoted as
> saying: 'Did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has
> no soul to be damned, and no body to be kicked?' J. Poynder, Literary
> Extracts, (1844) Vol. 1, page 268."
This is the citation I previously posted. I believe it is reliable.
For those who are interested in legal quotations, the only really reliable
books are:
Ragbag of Legal Quotations (also known as 2000 Famous Legal Quotations or
2000 Classic Legal Quotations)
Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations (modestly listed second)
There is also Quote It Completely, which is extremely quirky in its choice
of quotations and its organization, but is accurate for the most part.
The Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations is available on CD-ROM
(called Lawyer's Reference Shelf); Quote It Completely is also on CD-ROM.
Fred Shapiro
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Access and Lecturer in Legal Research Yale University Press,
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