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"Litigant: a person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bone."
"The laws of men are not infallible."
"There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders."
"Appeal in law: to put the dice into the box for another throw."
"The lawyer's world is entire unto itself, the human pared away."
"When they say whatever you say may be used against you, they mean it!"
"The law is logical and is based on common sense. The trick was to argue the law in favor of your particular point of view without sounding biased. It was kind of like a magic trick: the best illusionist being the one who can best manipulate the logic to his or her advantage, all the while giving the illusion of impartiality."
"Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy."
Explore more quotes by William Gilmore Simms
"He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius."
"Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism."
"I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor."
"No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them."
"Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent."
"Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes."
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