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    It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

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Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will read more

Our wrangling lawyers . . . are so litigious and busy here on
earth, that I think they will plead their clients' causes
hereafter, some of them in hell.

by Robert Burton Found in: Law Quotes,
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All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.

All this is but a web of the wit; it can work nothing.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Law Quotes,
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There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui read more

There was an ancient Roman lawyer, of great fame in the history
of Roman jurisprudence, whom they called Cui Bono, from his
having first introduced into judicial proceedings the argument,
"What end or object could the party have had in the act with
which he is accused."

by Edmund Burke Found in: Law Quotes,
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I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.

by William H Mauldin Found in: Law Quotes,
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…a few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called ‘critical philosophy’ and to the theory of read more

…a few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called ‘critical philosophy’ and to the theory of knowledge or epistemology. This class of workers I call epistemologists to avoid the disagreeable implications of the term ‘philosopher’.

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Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.

Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone.

by Ambrose Bierce Found in: Law Quotes,
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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.

by Anderson Cooper Found in: Law Quotes,
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A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.

A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.

by Robert Frost Found in: Law Quotes,
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Law is king of all.

Law is king of all.

by Henry Alford Found in: Law Quotes,
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