Top 6 Quotes by Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned, they therefore do as they like.

Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned, they therefore do as they like.

Political, Soul, Body

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?')

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

Business, Justice, Soul

Common sense is in spite of, not because of age.

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Common Sense, Age, Common

When I forget my sovereign, may my God forget me.

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Loyalty, May, Sovereign

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

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

Queens, Flower, Giving

Edward Thurlow, “May”