Lawyer Quotes IV

Lawyers rarely test their power, or the power they promote, against this simple pragmatic question: "Will it do good?" When challenged about the expanding reach of the law, the lawyer answers, "Why not?"

LAWRENCE LESSIG

Free Culture

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Some lawyers are like unto the camel, which, before drinking out of a brook, maketh the water turbid with his foot.

ADOLPHUS WILLIAM WARD

"Abraham a Sancta Clara", Collected Papers

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I cannot believe that a republic could subsist if the influence of the lawyers in public business did not increase in proportion to the power of the people.

ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE

Democracy in America

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Lawyers are in the business of advocacy, not judgment.

ALLAN C. HUTCHINSON

Is Killing People Right?

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Lawyers are like wine--you can pay a lot of money for a fancy bottle that tastes like vinegar, or you can find a good deal that fits your budget and your palate alike.

KAREN A. COVY

When Happily Ever After Ends

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No group has a greater responsibility today in helping maintain our free institutions of society than the lawyer. In fact, being a man of the law, he is uniquely equipped through training, outlook and experience to be a leader of his fellow citizens. American history confirms his tremendous contribution--helping draw up the basic documentation of our freedom, serving as a leader in local, state and national government, participating in the affairs of community life. At this hour, America especially needs the leadership of the lawyer. The moral fabric of our Nation is badly torn. Disrespect for law and order is widespread. The very principles of free government are being scorned and perverted. Flouting the law has almost become a hobby for some individuals.

J. EDGAR HOOVER

Texas Bar Journal, Feb. 22, 1964

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Since lawyers are thinkers and not feelers, and their moral development is locked into the rigidity of maintaining law and order, they often come across as impersonal, insensitive, amoral, and not particularly human to the clients they serve.

THANE ROSENBAUM

The Myth of Moral Justice

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Successful trial lawyers are like heat-seeking missiles carrying payloads of information prejudicial to their opponent's case, constantly looking for the chance to unload their cargo, right up until the final moments of trial.

DAVID BERG

The Trial Lawyer

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The Post Office just recalled their newest stamps: They had a picture of lawyers on them ... and people couldn't figure out which side to spit on.

MARVIN LEBMAN

A Collection of Jokes and Funny Stories

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Lawyers are like rabbits. They have a nasty habit of multiplying.

LEO REILLY

How to Outnegotiate Anyone

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How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb? How many can you afford?

BLANCHE KNOTT

Blanch Knott's Treasury of Tastelessness

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Americans see lawyers as obstructionists, as defenders of murderers.... In reality, lawyers are the glue that holds society together. Without lawyers ... without law, you have anarchy.

BILL CUNNINGHAM

Cincinnati Magazine, Sep. 1992

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He who will always be his own lawyer will often have a fool for a client.

J. HUNTER

attributed, Day's Collacon

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There were lawyers who promoted quarrels to get fees. But they were the pariahs of the profession. The best lawyers were peacemakers, and though, of necessity, professional partisans when engaged in litigation, they were generally honorable partisans.

LYMAN ABBOTT

Reminiscences

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Lawyers generally know too much of law to have a very clear perception of justice.

ELIZA COOK

Diamond Dust

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As a peacemaker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

notes for a law lecture, July 1, 1850?

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