Terrorism was too tame for the Scots: they used lawyers.”
99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.
It is a pleasant world we live in, sir, a very pleasant world. There are bad people in it, Mr. Richard, but if there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” and “Thou shalt not lie” in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.
Emotional truths woven by lawyers in the court of law are apparently more important than the truths of actual events. I have grown to fear for those whose innocence became trapped within the legal system.