Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow quotes

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has no soul to be damned, and nobody to be kicked?”
-- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

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“Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned, they therefore do as they like.”
-- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Source : In Poynder 'Literary Extracts' (1844) vol. 1 (usually quoted as 'Did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has no soul to be damned, and no body to be kicked?')

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“May, queen of blossoms, And fulfilling flowers, With what pretty music Shall we charm the hours? Wilt thou have pipe and reed, Blown in the open mead? Or to the lute give heed In the green bowers.”
-- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Source : Edward Thurlow, “May”

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“You never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose, nor a body to kick.”
-- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

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“When I forget my sovereign, may my God forget me.”
-- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Source : 27 "Parliamentary History", 680; Annual Register, 1789.

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“Nature is always wise in every part.”
-- Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

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