According to Winston Churchill, a renowned 20th - century historian and prime minister of England, Magna Carta provided “a system of checks and balances which would accord the monarchy its necessary strength, but would prevent its perversion by a tyrant or a fool. ”
त्यानुसार, राजाला देखील त्याच्या इतर सर्व प्रजेप्रमाणे कायद्याचे पालन करणे भाग होते.