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  • In particular, he described a newspaper advertisement from Liberty as "shameful" and told the House that Magna Carta is "sexist and racist" - you can read the whole speech in Hansard.

    Alex Carlile and independence 2008

  • Magna Carta is one of the most celebrated documents in history.

    Magna Carta: Treasures in Full 2008

  • In particular, he described a newspaper advertisement from Liberty as "shameful" and told the House that Magna Carta is "sexist and racist" - you can read the whole speech in Hansard.

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

  • Let us make sure that every individual has leave to live without leave underneath the law, and in the words of Magna Carta is "perpetually secured in the free enjoyment of his life and property".

    Challenge of Our Time 1954

  • Liberty of the subject under laws that restrain not only his fellow citizens but his rulers from violation of his freedom, has been a growing principle of English law for more than seven centuries since that famous encounter at Runnymede beside the Thames when Anglo-Norman barons and clergy wrested Magna Carta from a reluctant King John.

    Canada's Partnership in Freedom 1946

  • The great Charter granted vnto forreine marchants by king Edward the first, in the 31. yeare of his reigne commonly called Carta mercatoria, Anno

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584

  • I have gone through all the requirements and was informed by the SRE in Culiacan that there was a problem when it came time to sign my "Carta".

    Citizenship 2009

  • I have gone through all the requirements and was informed by the SRE in Culiacan that there was a problem when it came time to sign my "Carta".

    Citizenship 2009

  • I have gone through all the requirements and was informed by the SRE in Culiacan that there was a problem when it came time to sign my "Carta".

    Citizenship 2009

  • I have gone through all the requirements and was informed by the SRE in Culiacan that there was a problem when it came time to sign my "Carta".

    Citizenship 2009

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