Memorable Famous Lawyer Quotes

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"The law is not just an abstract principle; it is a means of achieving justice."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"The good lawyer is the one you want to take home to your mother."
Anonymous
"No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session."
Mark Twain
"The law should be like a lion, rather than a sheep."
David A. Fennell
"A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a 'brief.'"
Anonymous
"If you can't convince them, confuse them."
Harry S. Truman
"The law is a living thing, while the judiciary is a mechanism for enforcing it."
Lars A. H. Hovden
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"The first duty of society is justice."
Alexander Hamilton
"Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game's arcane points."
Felix Frankfurter
"A lawyer is trained to confuse and elude rather than to clarify."
Adlai Stevenson
"Nothing is more dangerous than an attorney who doesn't have empathy."
Anonymous
"It is not enough to win; others must lose."
Julius Caesar
"There is no better way to make a fool of a man than to let him be a lawyer."
Anonymous
"Law is order, and good law is good order."
Aristotle
"The law must be like a lion rather than a sheep."
David A. Fennell
"The greatest lawyer is one who knows his client and his opponent equally."
Anonymous
"The law must be stable, but never stand still."
Roscoe Pound
"A good lawyer knows the law; a great lawyer knows the judge."
Unknown
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Abraham Lincoln
"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."
Jonathan Swift
"Justice is truth in action."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a 'brief'."
Francesco Guicciardini
"In America, the law is not so much about finding the truth as it is about winning."
David Simon
"A lawyer can be a catalyst for justice."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"The best lawyers are those who facilitate solutions and not create conflicts."
Unknown
"You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find you get what you need."
Rolling Stones
"The law is the most powerful weapon against tyranny."
Robert H. Jackson
"No man is above the law, and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it."
Theodore Roosevelt
"To be a lawyer is to be an advocate for justice and truth."
Unknown
"The law is a living thing; it must be shaped and reshaped as society changes."
Harlan F. Stone
"To be a good lawyer, you must be able to think on your feet."
Unknown
"A lawyer's job is to protect the interests of his clients."
Unknown
"The law is an experiment and it expands and contracts with the universe and its participants."
Marcia Clark
"All a lawyer can do is advise you to launch a lawsuit, and let you suffer the consequences."
Unknown
"Good lawyers know the law; great lawyers know the judges."
Unknown
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"The practice of law is a noble profession."
Thurgood Marshall
"The law is not a party in the controversy, it simply is the forum in which controversies are to be settled."
Patricia A. Garrison
"The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience."
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
"In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls."
Lenny Bruce
"The first duty of a lawyer is to defend the constitution of the United States."
Abraham Lincoln
"If you have no confidence in your lawyer, you might as well have no lawyer."
Unknown
"A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a ‘brief.’"
Francesca Martinez
"Lawyers are like a tube of toothpaste. They have a tendency to come out at the wrong time."
Unknown
"The lawyer's job is to ensure that the rule of law is upheld, and not to make moral judgments about the clients."
David J. Shestokas
"A lawyer's ability to manage a case can often determine its outcome."
David Smith
"Lawyers should be like a rooster—proud and sure of their turf, but never a stranger to the hens."
Unknown
"The best way to win an argument is to be a lawyer."
Unknown
"I think lawyers are like attorneys. They're always looking to represent someone."
David Mamet
"If you can’t convince them, confuse them."
Harry S. Truman
"All trials are artificially contrived, and they often don’t reflect reality."
Malcolm Gladwell
"The law is a living thing; it must evolve to meet the needs of society."
Margaret Atwood
"I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me."
Frank Costello
"You can't be a little bit famous."
R. Kelly
"Nobody holds a grudge like a lawyer."
Unknown
"The best way to get a lawyer is to not need one."
Unknown
"You cannot unsay a cruel word."
Eleanor Roosevelt
"And in the end, the law is what it is."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"If the law doesn’t work for you, it can be remade."
Claire L. McEwen
"The law is not an end in itself, but a means to an end."
Robert M. Hutchins
"The practice of law is a lot like a game of chess. You have to anticipate your opponent’s moves."
Anonymous
"In every country, law is not the same for all."
Dr. Adetokunbo Abiola
"Lawyers are always dishonest."
David Mamet
"The law is like a spider's web, it catches the weak but lets the strong slip through."
Jonathan Swift
"The law must be stable, but it must not stand still."
Roscoe Pound
"A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade."
Abraham Lincoln
"The best way to get a lawyer is to see someone who is having trouble with one."
Anonymous
"A lawyer is a learned gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies and keeps it himself."
Henry Ward Beecher
"The wise lawyer knows that he must be as good a man as he is a lawyer."
William L. Prosser
"The law should be like a net, catching the bad and letting the good go free."
Anonymous
"The law is the public conscience."
Thomas Hobbes
"A lawyer's influence is generally established through his practice and character."
Anonymous
"Trial lawyers are the most active people on Earth, they practically create their own work."
Patricia H. A. Danvers
"Lawyers are the foot soldiers of our Constitution."
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"The law is the embodiment of the moral sentiment of the people."
William Blackstone
"Law is not law, if it violates the principles of eternal justice."
Lydia Maria Child
"A trial is basically a contest between two lawyers."
Andrew J. Egan
"One who represents himself has a fool for a client."
Anonymous
"Lawyering is not about being right; it's about doing what's right."
Anonymous
"A lawyer doesn't have to believe in the case he's arguing; he just has to believe in the law."
Anonymous
"The law is reason, free from passion."
Aristotle
"A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."
Mario Puzo
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
William E. Gladstone
"Courtroom battles are the ultimate gladiatorial arenas."
Anonymous
"In law, nothing is certain but the expense."
Samuel Butler
"The practice of law is a battle, a struggle, a conflict of interests."
Unknown
"A lawyer is someone who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a 'brief.'"
Francesca Zambello
"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. But if you want it done right, hire a lawyer."
Unknown
"Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished."
Jeremy Bentham
"Lawyers are a learned profession; they are put to some study, but when they make a practice of it they become notoriously dull."
P. W. H. B. Defauconpret
"A lawyer’s time and advice are his stock in trade."
Abraham Lincoln
"Where there’s a will there’s a lawsuit."
Danny O'Neill
"A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer."
Robert Frost
"You can’t take it with you, so you might as well have it in the bank."
Unknown
"I don't trust lawyers. That's why I have a lawyer."
Tina Fey
"The lawyer's job is to make more lawyers."
Evan Cohen
"To be a lawyer is to be an advocate for truth and justice."
Anonymous
"You can't argue with a woman who knows her rights."
Anonymous
"Lawyers are just like dentists. They’ve got a lot of bad jokes and they hurt you for money."
Anonymous
"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do."
Voltaire
"The law is the thread that weaves the fabric of civilization."
Anonymous
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King Jr.
"No man is above the law, and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it."
Theodore Roosevelt
"Law is a living thing, it must keep growing."
Earl Warren
"A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch."
Unknown
"The truth will out."
William Shakespeare
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