Famous quotes by Lawyers

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
Small: I dont think meals have any business being deductible. Im for separation of calories and corporations
Ralph Nader
"I don't think meals have any business being deductible. I'm for separation of calories and corporations"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans
Ralph Nader
"People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consum
Ralph Nader
"The corporate lobby in Washington is basically designed to stifle all legislative activity on behalf of consumers"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: The liberal intelligentsia has allowed its party to become a captive of corporate interests
Ralph Nader
"The liberal intelligentsia has allowed its party to become a captive of corporate interests"
Ralph Nader, Lawyer
Small: Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind
Robert G. Ingersoll
"Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with de
Robert G. Ingersoll
"When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even
Robert G. Ingersoll
"We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery
Robert G. Ingersoll
"Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead
Robert G. Ingersoll
"It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of the dead"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot
Robert G. Ingersoll
"I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed
Robert G. Ingersoll
"Colleges are places where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers
Robert G. Ingersoll
"Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell
Robert G. Ingersoll
"Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result
Robert G. Ingersoll
"Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sen
Robert G. Ingersoll
"It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow s
Robert G. Ingersoll
"If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself
Robert G. Ingersoll
"Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: There is no slavery but ignorance
Robert G. Ingersoll
"There is no slavery but ignorance"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer
Small: In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing
Robert G. Ingersoll
"In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing"
Robert G. Ingersoll, Lawyer