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"The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law."
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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."
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"I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty."
"Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life."
"The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission."
"Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality."
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