The Quotable Lawyer
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Reference, Quotations, Almanacs & Trivia, Trivia
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781626367579 | |
| Publisher: | Skyhorse | Publication: | March 22, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Skyhorse | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781626367579 |
| Publisher: | Skyhorse |
| Publication: | March 22, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Skyhorse |
| Language: | English |
The legal system and the lawyers who operate in (and around) it have influenced society and continue to do so today. In this age of the slip-and-fall, false” advertising, and medical malpractice,” it’s clear that the quest for justice has not always been easy-it’s also been hilarious, poignant, enlightening, and scandalous.
Words from renowned lawyers, not-so-renowned lawyers, judges, authors, politicians, philosophers, and preachers make up this collection of over five hundred memorable, bite-sized quotations about the lives of lawyers; the law; landmark cases; and quips, jokes, and humorous sayings.
Included in this diverse compendium are quotations by and about lawyers and law:
The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.”-U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.”-Clarence Darrow
We do not get good laws to restrain bad people. We get good people to restrain bad laws.”-G. K. Chesterton
A lawyer will do anything to win a case-sometimes he will even tell the truth.”-Patrick Murray
The legal system and the lawyers who operate in (and around) it have influenced society and continue to do so today. In this age of the slip-and-fall, false” advertising, and medical malpractice,” it’s clear that the quest for justice has not always been easy-it’s also been hilarious, poignant, enlightening, and scandalous.
Words from renowned lawyers, not-so-renowned lawyers, judges, authors, politicians, philosophers, and preachers make up this collection of over five hundred memorable, bite-sized quotations about the lives of lawyers; the law; landmark cases; and quips, jokes, and humorous sayings.
Included in this diverse compendium are quotations by and about lawyers and law:
The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.”-U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.”-Clarence Darrow
We do not get good laws to restrain bad people. We get good people to restrain bad laws.”-G. K. Chesterton
A lawyer will do anything to win a case-sometimes he will even tell the truth.”-Patrick Murray
