Famous quotes by Lawyers

Small: If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesnt pay Smith
Robert G. Ingersoll
"If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dang
Robert G. Ingersoll
"I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven
Robert G. Ingersoll
"There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: Few rich men own their property their property owns them
Robert G. Ingersoll
"Few rich men own their property; their property owns them"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business
"The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business"
Clarence Darrow, Lawyer
Small: If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong
"If a man is happy in America, it is considered he is doing something wrong"
Clarence Darrow, Lawyer
Small: Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?
"Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?"
Clarence Darrow, Lawyer
Small: Ideologies arent all that important. Whats important is psychology
"Ideologies aren't all that important. What's important is psychology"
James Carville, Lawyer
Small: Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted
"Faith begins where Reason sinks exhausted"
Albert Pike, Lawyer
Small: Having said that, I enjoyed every minute of my time and I got a degree of job satisfaction which I am sure was
Len G. Murray
"Having said that, I enjoyed every minute of my time and I got a degree of job satisfaction which I am sure was far greater than the majority of my colleagues"
Len G. Murray, Lawyer
Small: If I was starting off now, I would probably have taken one or two different turnings along the way
Len G. Murray
"If I was starting off now, I would probably have taken one or two different turnings along the way"
Len G. Murray, Lawyer
Small: The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was no defense, a producer about to go t
"The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was no defense, a producer about to go to jail, should CBS in effect tell the producer go to jail even though there is no law at all that we can use to get you out of jail?"
Floyd Abrams, Lawyer
Small: A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn nor too far off, les
"A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too far off, lest he freeze"
Albert Pike, Lawyer
Small: I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do th
"I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed"
Floyd Abrams, Lawyer
Small: The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot on the way
"The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot on the way to prison, who were tortured, who were kidnapped, who "disappeared". That's what the candle is for"
Peter Benenson, Lawyer
Small: Oh, come off it, Ive only directed three plays for the RSC
"Oh, come off it, I've only directed three plays for the RSC"
Edward Hall, Lawyer
Small: There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends
"There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends"
James Boswell, Lawyer
Small: Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority
Harlan Stone
"Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority"
Harlan Stone, Lawyer
Small: I said in sharp language that that practice was wrong
"I said in sharp language that that practice was wrong"
Ken Starr, Lawyer
Small: Well, they had a lot of the things they found in his possession. They had the map, you know, that marked the r
"Well, they had a lot of the things they found in his possession. They had the map, you know, that marked the route of the parade. They had statements from the bus driver and the taxicab driver that hauled him somewhere"
Henry Wade, Lawyer
Small: I wont say there arent any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. But they have done s
"I won't say there aren't any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. But they have done so to our great embarrassment and in no way represent the Harvard I know"
Derek Bok, Lawyer
Small: Weve always been the development project that lived in a time pressured setting and always where commercial en
Mitchell Baker
"We've always been the development project that lived in a time pressured setting and always where commercial entities were relying heavily on releases in a certain time frame"
Mitchell Baker, Lawyer
Small: Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion
"Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion"
Charles Colson, Lawyer
Small: We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings
Louis Nizer
"We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings"
Louis Nizer, Lawyer
Small: Well, our concern has to do with the period prior to 9/11, up to and including the catastrophe that occurred.
"Well, our concern has to do with the period prior to 9/11, up to and including the catastrophe that occurred. And thank goodness, we're not obliged to make assessments of what's going on now and deal with these current events"
Richard Ben-Veniste, Lawyer
Small: Our whole philosophy is one of transparency
"Our whole philosophy is one of transparency"
Valerie Jarrett, Lawyer
Small: I think if you look at yesterdays New York Times poll, particularly when you judge Democrats in Congress versu
"I think if you look at yesterday's New York Times poll, particularly when you judge Democrats in Congress versus the Republicans in Congress, people put a little more faith, or even a little more than a little more faith in the Democrats in Congress"
John Podesta, Lawyer
Small: I think the court will determine that the Faith-Based Initiative that the White House has instituted in the la
"I think the court will determine that the Faith-Based Initiative that the White House has instituted in the last five years is constitutional, in the context of allowing for broad-based programs to include religious providers"
Jay Alan Sekulow, Lawyer
Small: Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to secure among the great mass of the people livin
"Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to secure among the great mass of the people living under constitutional government a just conception of the rights which their nation has against others and of the duties their nation owes to others"
Elihu Root, Lawyer
Small: All persons harboring or secreting the conspirators or aiding their concealment or escape, will be treated as
"All persons harboring or secreting the conspirators or aiding their concealment or escape, will be treated as accomplices in the murder of the President and shall be subject to trial before a military commission, and the punishment of death"
Edwin M. Stanton, Lawyer