law Quotes

Let no young man choosing the law for a calling for a moment yield to the popular beliefresolve to be honest at all events and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer resolve to be honest... ...

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

In law it is a good policy to never plead what you need not lest you oblige yourself to prove what you can not.

If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself the thing is more than half done already.

Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down? Plainly enough now, the adoption of it would have spoiled the niche for the Dred Scott decision.

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books,... ...

Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.