Legal Quotes and Sayings
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I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct. Samuel Alito
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Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent. Aaron Allston
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If somebody invented cigarettes today, the government would not legalize them. Loni Anderson
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People do not win people fights. Lawyers do. Norman Ralph Augustine
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It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins. Bugs Baer
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Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught. Honore de Balzac
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Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished. Jeremy Bentham
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Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage. Ambrose Bierce
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Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes. Tammy Bruce
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Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property. Jean de la Bruyere
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It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers. Carol Burnett
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In law, nothing is certain but the expense. Samuel Butler
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The more laws, the less justice. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I decided I wanted to be a lawyer when I was 11 years of age. Johnnie Cochran
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. Joseph Conrad
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. Calvin Coolidge
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The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer. Christopher Darden
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The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion. Christopher Darden
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The trouble with law is lawyers. Clarence Darrow
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Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected. Alan Dershowitz
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A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped. William Dunbar
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To some lawyers, all facts are created equal. Felix Frankfurter
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We are led by lawyers who do not understand either technology or balance sheets. Thomas Friedman
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A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman. Robert Frost
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Justice delayed is justice denied. William E. Gladstone
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I'm afraid I talk a lot, too much, perhaps. I should have been a lawyer or a college professor or a windy politician, though I'm glad I am not any of these. Tom Glazer
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I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get into and hold a job in, whether you can be an accountant, lawyer or nurse, for example. Daniel Goleman
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If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place. Lord Halifax
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From your confessor, lawyer and physician, hide not your case on no condition. John Harington
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Cagey trial lawyers have figured out there's a pretty good likelihood their case - no matter what its merit - will literally get its day in court because of favorable judges. Dennis Hastert
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Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom. Don Henley
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A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit. George Herbert
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer. George Herbert
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I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer. Anita Hill
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One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now. Anita Hill
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All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up. Ian Hislop
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Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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You can't learn everything you need to know legally. John Irving
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I have a different approach. I don't file lawsuits because I really don't care. Nicole Kidman
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Frivolous lawsuits are booming in this county. The U.S. has more costs of litigation per person than any other industrialized nation in the world, and it is crippling our economy. Jack Kingston
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He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides. Charles Lamb
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Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. Charles Lamb
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Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character. Robert E. Lee
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It is legal because I wish it. Louis XIV
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Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it. Addison Mizner
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Where there is a will there is a lawsuit. Addison Mizner
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A good lawyer is a bad Christian. John Lothrop Motley
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I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer. Oliver North
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Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers. Charles W. Pickering
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Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens. Plato
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A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns. Mario Puzo
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Misery is the company of lawsuits. Francois Rabelais
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I have been surrounded by some of the smartest, brightest, most caring lawyers, by agents who are willing to risk their lives for others, by support staff that are willing to work as hard as they can. Janet Reno
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The good lawyer is the great salesman. Janet Reno
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I never saw a lawyer yet who would admit he was making money. Mary Roberts Rinehart
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I come from a profession which has suffered greatly because of the lack of civility. Lawyers treat each other poorly and it has come home to haunt them. The public will not tolerate a lack of civility. James E. Rogers
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Make crime pay. Become a lawyer. Will Rogers
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People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide. Will Rogers
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The only people who benefit from lawsuits are lawyers. I think we made a couple of them rich. Gavin Rossdale
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As a private lawyer, I could bill $750 an hour, but I don't. Jay Alan Sekulow
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I wouldn't pretend to tell you we don't pay our lawyers well. Jay Alan Sekulow
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Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer. Robert Louis Stevenson
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To force a lawyer on a defendant can only lead him to believe that the law contrives against him. Potter Stewart
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A married woman has the same right to control her own body as does an unmarried woman. Sol Wachtler
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I used to want to be a lawyer, but I didn't want to have half my brain sucked out. Max Walker
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As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one. Sam Waterston
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Advertising is legalized lying. H. G. Wells
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As a rule lawyers tend to want to do whatever they can to win. Bill Williams
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They don't need a lawyer, they need a toastmaster. Edward Bennett Williams
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I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five. Steven Wright
