Top Writ Quotes
Here lies one whose name was writ in water.
John Keats
Public behavior is merely private character writ large.
Stephen Covey
He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.
Aphra Behn
Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.
James Otis
The Justices are currently considering a case, argued last month, which seeks to extend the writ of habeas corpus to al Qaeda and Taliban detainees at Guantanamo.
John Yoo
Edward Fitzgerald 
Stephen Covey 
Tom Baker 
John Yoo All Writ Quotes
He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.
Aphra Behn 
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Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.
James Otis
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The Justices are currently considering a case, argued last month, which seeks to extend the writ of habeas corpus to al Qaeda and Taliban detainees at Guantanamo.
John Yoo
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Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.
John Denham
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The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
Edward Fitzgerald
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