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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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.

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About John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge

John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge PC (3 December 1820 – 14 June 1894) was a British lawyer, judge and Liberal politician. He held the posts, in turn, of Solicitor General for England and Wales, Attorney General for England and Wales, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Lord Chief Justice of England.

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Birth Name: John Duke Coleridge
Alternative Names: J. D. Coleridge Sir J. D. Coleridge Sir John Duke Coleridge Baron Coleridge
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Law grows, and though the principles of law remain unchanged, yet (and it is one of the advantages of the common law) their application is to be changed with the changing circumstances of the times. Some persons may call this retrogression, I call it progression of human opinion.

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