Magna Carta: Defeat Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Clause.Sentence)

Quote #4

If we, or in our absence abroad the chief justice, make no redress within forty days, reckoning from the day on which the offence was declared to us or to him, the four barons shall refer the matter to the rest of the twenty-five barons, who may distrain upon and assail us in every way possible, with the support of the whole community of the land, by seizing our castles, lands, possessions, or anything else saving only our own person and those of the queen and our children, until they have secured such redress as they have determined upon. (61.3)

If the barons had actually been able to follow through on this, the looks on their faces when they assailed the king and seized his possessions would have been priceless.

Quote #5

We have remitted and pardoned fully to all men any ill-will, hurt, or grudges that have arisen between us and our subjects, whether clergy or laymen, since the beginning of the dispute. (62.1)

This is the Bart Simpson chalkboard clause where the king tells everyone how sorry he is over and over again, but doesn't really mean it.