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The Quotable Lawyer
"A jury is twelve people who decide who has the best lawyer." -Anonymous
"An unjust law is no law at all." -St. Augustine
"Lawyer (n): One skilled in circumnavigation of the law." -Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
THE QUOTABLE LAWYER is a marvelous collection of more than 500 memorable sayings about the life of lawyers and the law. By turns moving, hilarious, poignant, and profound, these priceless bits of wisdom are culled from famous and not-so-famous lawyers, judges, authors, and politicians from throughout history and around the world. THE QUOTABLE LAWYER promises to-within the reasonable and practicable bounds outlined above-provide hours (alas, unbillable) of entertainment and enlightenment. It makes a perfect gift for the lawyer in the family, the lawyer of the family, or anyone interested in the law and its development from ancient times to the present day. Those quoted .
Abraham Lincoln .
Thomas Jefferson .
Janet Reno .
William Shakespeare .
Sandra Day O'Connor .
Charles Dickens .
Voltaire .
Earl Warren .
Alan Dershowitz .
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. .
John F. Kennedy .
Ruth Bader Ginsburg .
Martin Luther King Jr. .
Clarence Darrow .
Benjamin Franklin .
Ambrose Bierce .
Julius Caesar .
Pontius Pilate .
Blaise Pascal .
Doris Lessing
"An unjust law is no law at all." -St. Augustine
"Lawyer (n): One skilled in circumnavigation of the law." -Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
THE QUOTABLE LAWYER is a marvelous collection of more than 500 memorable sayings about the life of lawyers and the law. By turns moving, hilarious, poignant, and profound, these priceless bits of wisdom are culled from famous and not-so-famous lawyers, judges, authors, and politicians from throughout history and around the world. THE QUOTABLE LAWYER promises to-within the reasonable and practicable bounds outlined above-provide hours (alas, unbillable) of entertainment and enlightenment. It makes a perfect gift for the lawyer in the family, the lawyer of the family, or anyone interested in the law and its development from ancient times to the present day. Those quoted .
Abraham Lincoln .
Thomas Jefferson .
Janet Reno .
William Shakespeare .
Sandra Day O'Connor .
Charles Dickens .
Voltaire .
Earl Warren .
Alan Dershowitz .
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. .
John F. Kennedy .
Ruth Bader Ginsburg .
Martin Luther King Jr. .
Clarence Darrow .
Benjamin Franklin .
Ambrose Bierce .
Julius Caesar .
Pontius Pilate .
Blaise Pascal .
Doris Lessing
381 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2002
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