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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.
A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.
 Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
 To share with knaves in cheating fools.  
 Your pettifoggers damn their souls,
 To share with knaves in cheating fools. 
Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.
Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.
I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.
I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.
 The United States was founded
by the violent overthrow
of a violently founded throne.  
 The United States was founded
by the violent overthrow
of a violently founded throne. 
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- read more
it's not your client's obligation, or your obligation, to prove your client's innocence. It is the prosecution's obligation to -- to prove you're client's guilt.