A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom is on a par with a piano tuner's relationship to a concert. He neither composes the music, nor interprets it-he merely keeps the machinery running.

Quote by Lucille Kallen

Topics: Justice Quotes, Law And Lawyers Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor

A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor

Man has a primary property right to his person and his labor.

Man has a primary property right to his person and his labor.

A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor

A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor

A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom is on a par with a piano tuner's...

A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom is on a par with a piano tuner's...

The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby...

The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby...

All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.

All laws are an attempt to domesticate the natural ferocity of the species.

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.

Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did...

Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did...

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you,...

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you,...

Give us kinder laws to bring us back when we're a-going wrong and don't set...

Give us kinder laws to bring us back when we're a-going wrong and don't set...

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics...

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics...

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of...

For as laws are necessary that good manners be preserved, so there is need of...

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is...

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is...

It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it...

It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it...

Moral principle is the foundation of law.

Moral principle is the foundation of law.

I don't write polite letters. I don't like to plea-bargain. I like to fight.

I don't write polite letters. I don't like to plea-bargain. I like to fight.

There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes...

There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes...