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Quotes by Lawyer

"The pious ones of Plymouth who, reaching the Rock, first fell upon their own knees and then upon the aborigines."

"When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself."
Man,

"A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie."

"What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt."


"Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites."

"It is all right for the lion and the lamb to lie down together if they are both asleep, but if one of them begins to get active, it is dangerous."

"Here, I am looking for a document issued by a public attorney. I don't find. He is accused by the political leaders of the coalition, by his enemies, who said that he is guilty. That he deserves to be killed."

"In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous."

"Few rich men own their property; their property owns them."

"I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot."

"The more liberty you give away the more you will have."

"The glaring injustice is there for all who are not blinded by prejudice to see."

"I know a lot of reporters certainly will go to jail to defend confidential sources. Some have even gone to jail for an issue like this. But I can't say that's the norm."
Will,

"If anyone tells you that you cannot legislate morality, remeber that legislation IS morality."

"Hearing, which, by the motion of the air, informs us of the motion of sounding or vibrating bodies."

"I did not think that I was angry, but clearly anger was reflected in my writing. I did not think that I had been affected emotionally, but it was clear from my writing that I was still very emotional about the trial some six months after it ended."

"Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows."

"I was assigned to do a job by the attorney general, and that was to find out whether crimes were committed."
Job,

"You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something."

"It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."

"I indeed had only one scene, one speech, one little speech, but it was with Robin Williams."

"Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity."
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