Legal quotes

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◆ Whatever happened in those more than one hundred years, from the time my great-great-great grandfather studied law to the time when my own father took his bar exam in 1989, I may never know. Perhaps it was just greed and the good, old-fashion corruption that comes with power. The Drexlers have moved from the fight for human rights to the fight for corporations and wealthy individuals. We file their taxes, write their contracts, clean up their messes. As I see it, we have become little more than glorified Public Relations reps

- Gwenn Wright100

◆ I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.

- Steven Wright100

◆ If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

- Henry David Thoreau100

◆ 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 Kingston99

◆ Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

- Calvin Coolidge99

◆ Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.

- Will Rogers99

◆ A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman.

- Robert Frost99

◆ People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.

- Will Rogers99

◆ The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.

- Christopher Darden99

◆ Judges are the weakest link in our system of justice, and they are also the most protected.

- Alan Dershowitz99

◆ Unfortunately, what many people forget is that judges are just lawyers in robes.

- Tammy Bruce99

◆ The good lawyer is the great salesman.

- Janet Reno99

◆ 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 Hill99

◆ 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. Rogers99

◆ Lawsuit: A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.

- Ambrose Bierce99